Innalillahi wa innailaihi rajiun.
Ronal Hutagalung dan keluarga mengucapkan turut berduka cita atas meninggalnya
Omar Taraki Niode.
Semua Kisah dan Cerita yang disampaikan keluarga (Bu Amanda & Pak Mochtar)
tentang Omar membuat saya sangat terinspirasi untuk dapat menjadi lebih baik
lagi sehingga dapat memberikan yang terbaik bagi masyarakat banyak sesegera
mungkin, karena tidak satupun di antara manusia tahu kapan ajal akan mendekat..
Beliau "Omar" adalah sosok yang patut diteladani oleh generasi muda saat ini.
sosok yang tentunya menjadi kebanggaan bagi teman, sahabat, keluarga, terutama
orang tua.
Semoga seluruh Ibadah dan Niat baik beliau menjadi teman setianya di sisi
ALLAH SWT.
dan bagi keluarga yang ditinggalkan diberikan Ke-Ikhlasan dan Ketabahan.
Salam hangat untuk keluarga Niode-Katili
Ronal Hutagalung
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From: Amanda Katili <amandakat...@yahoo.com>
To: gorontalomaju2020@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:13:21 PM
Subject: [GM2020] In loving memory of our beloved son “Omar Taraki Niode”
It is with deep sadness and grief that we inform you of the passing away of our
beloved son Omar Taraki Niode (24 years old) on Thursday 11 February 2008 in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
We thank you, for your prayers and supports during this difficult time.
Omar Taraki Niode was born in Washington D.C on 1 April 1984. He finished his
elementary school in Al-Azhar Kemang Jakarta Indonesia. He graduated from Ojai
Valley Middle School, California in 1998; and from Robert Louis Stevenson High
School, Pebble Beach California, in 2002.
Omar continued his education at the University of California Davis, paid his
way through school by earning scholarships and working as a maintenance
mechanic then as a teaching assistant and graduate student assistant. He
received a BSc Degree in 2006 and an MSc Degree in 2008, both in Food Science
and Technology with a master’s thesis “Insight into Asian and Hispanic
Restaurant Manager’s Needs for Safe Food Handling.”
He was involved in many team and club sports during his high school and
university days, including lacrosse, swimming, squash, and golf. Break dancing
was the love of his life for many years. He liked watching break dancing
competition and performed with friends in Davis, Jakarta and Barcelona..
Omar was most proud when he embarked upon asolo one month backpacking journey
across Northern India after his undergraduate commencement. With a $600
budgetOmar visited cities and hamlets inDelhi, Jaipur, Agra, Jhansi, Sanchi,
Khajuraho, Varanasi, Bodhgaya and Kolkata.
Omar Taraki Niode was a fast leaner, wrote beautifully and loved leaning all
kinds of new subjects. He played classical piano and jazz with skills and
enthusiasms and amazed his friends with his magic performances.
After a brief stint at a company in Los Angeles, Omar decided to go home to
Indonesia in November 2008 to be with his family because his grandfather just
died. He happily assisted his mother, Amanda, who is on the campaign trail for
a seat in the Indonesian Parliament through the upcoming Indonesian Election
set for 9 April 2009.
Omar was about to return to the United States on the 14th of February 2009 for
a job interview in Woodland, California. He planned to visit Davis again to
explore opportunities and applying for a PhD program. He dreamed of playing a
significant role in the field of food science and technology and make the
contributions he would like to Indonesia.
When asked what he wished to do, Omar said, “I would like to work in food
safety, if I could make people safe I would be very happy and satisfied.”
His friends and family feel that there would be no better way to honor and
celebrate his wonderful life than by supporting a Scholarship in his name at a
University in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia, the place of his ancestors. The
family also plans to set up a memorial library in the Province.
The fund being set up for “Omar Taraki Niode Scholarship" is intended to be
used for an Endowed Scholarship, meaning that the earnings from investments
made with the money will sustain the scholarship well into the future.
Initial investment will come from Omar’s hard earned savings and all donations
from colleagues, friends and families. We will have a scholarship in Omar's
name that will go on and on. Each year, his name and short biography will be
distributed amongst faculty, staff, and students at the University and the
library, in addition to helping students with interests similar to Omar's.
Omar is survived by his father, Mochtar Niode; his mother, Amanda Katili Niode;
his younger brother, Terzian Ayuba Niode; his younger sister, Karida Humaira
Niode; as well as a grandmother and a number of uncles, aunties, and cousins.
Jakarta, 12 February 2009
Amanda & Mochtar Niode
