Mohammad Nezam Assian, known to friends and co-workers as "Mike", age 66, a 35 year resident of West Chicago, IL, died Monday, February 24, 2014, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. He was born March 29, 1947 in Shiraz, Iran.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. He was an Assurance Quality Manager and Trainer at MAAC Machinery in Carol Stream, IL. He was a member of the Physics Honorary Society and was also a founding member of the Thorium Action Group in West Chicago, IL.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Nancy Assian, nee Kifer; his two children, Hamid Nezam Assian and Sarah Elizabeth Assian; his father, Abdul Hamid Assian; five siblings, Banou, Amin, Meshkat, Azim and Ezzat; and a large extended family.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Heshmat Assian.

A visitation will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2014 from 4:00 p.m. until the time of a funeral service to be held at 6:00 p.m. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St., in Wheaton, IL. Interment will be private.

Memorial gifts may be directed to the Thorium Action Group/Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Scholarship Endowment Fund (TAG Scholarship Fund) and may be sent to the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley (CFFRV), 111 W. Downer Place, Suite 312, Aurora, IL 60506. Checks may be made payable to "TAG Scholarship Fund". Online donations may be taken at http://www.communityfoundationfrv.org/tag.asp.