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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Judge Robert K. McQueen of Lindenhurst,
4formerly of Gurnee, who passed away on April 3, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was born in Farragut, Iowa to
6Benjamin and Bessie McQueen on April 12, 1920; he was raised on
7a farm by his mother who was widowed when he was three; he held
8undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from George Washington
9University; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was a Special Agent of the Federal
11Bureau of Investigation; he retired as Senior Resident Agent at
12Waukegan after 25 years and became an assistant state's
13attorney for Lake County and was an adjunct professor of legal
14courses at the now Gateway Institute in Kenosha, Wisconsin; he
15was appointed to the Illinois 19th Judicial District as an
16associate judge in 1972 where he later served as circuit and
17chief judge; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was a member of the Illinois Bar
19Association and a member and past President of the Lake County
20Bar Association; he was a member of the Society of Former
21Agents of the FBI, the Gurnee Community Church, and the Honest
22Johns Club in Waukegan; he was a former member of the Boy

 

 

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1Scouts of America Troop 77 in Gurnee, the Halfway House
2Advisory Board, the Law Enforcement Advisory Committee of Lake
3County College, the Gurnee Lions and Exchange Clubs, and the
4Palmento Pine Country Club of Cape Coral, Florida, where he
5wintered; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was a commissioned Naval officer in
7World War II and was honored by the Village of Gurnee in 1982
8for service to the community; he was recognized by the Illinois
9Bar Association in 2000 as a Senior Counsellor after 50 years
10of membership; his work in the FBI investigating Soviet
11espionage in the late 1940s and early 1950s was featured in the
12book "Bombshell" and two television documentaries; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was preceded in death by his wife of
1467 years, Harriet (Peggy) McQueen; his parents; and his
15brother, Wayland; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Judge McQueen is survived by his son, Thomas
17(Janet) McQueen; his daughter, Jane (Robert) Lindquist; and
18five grandchildren, Allison McQueen, Alexander McQueen, Andrew
19McQueen, Ashely Lindquist, and Anna Lindquist; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
22Judge Robert K. McQueen, and extend our sincere condolences to

 

 

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1his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
2further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Judge McQueen as an expression of
5our deepest sympathy.