Full Text of SR0419 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Judge Robert K. McQueen of Lindenhurst, | 4 | | formerly of Gurnee, who passed away on April 3, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was born in Farragut, Iowa to | 6 | | Benjamin and Bessie McQueen on April 12, 1920; he was raised on | 7 | | a farm by his mother who was widowed when he was three; he held | 8 | | undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from George Washington | 9 | | University; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was a Special Agent of the Federal | 11 | | Bureau of Investigation; he retired as Senior Resident Agent at | 12 | | Waukegan after 25 years and became an assistant state's | 13 | | attorney for Lake County and was an adjunct professor of legal | 14 | | courses at the now Gateway Institute in Kenosha, Wisconsin; he | 15 | | was appointed to the Illinois 19th Judicial District as an | 16 | | associate judge in 1972 where he later served as circuit and | 17 | | chief judge; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was a member of the Illinois Bar | 19 | | Association and a member and past President of the Lake County | 20 | | Bar Association; he was a member of the Society of Former | 21 | | Agents of the FBI, the Gurnee Community Church, and the Honest | 22 | | Johns Club in Waukegan; he was a former member of the Boy |
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| 1 | | Scouts of America Troop 77 in Gurnee, the Halfway House | 2 | | Advisory Board, the Law Enforcement Advisory Committee of Lake | 3 | | County College, the Gurnee Lions and Exchange Clubs, and the | 4 | | Palmento Pine Country Club of Cape Coral, Florida, where he | 5 | | wintered; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was a commissioned Naval officer in | 7 | | World War II and was honored by the Village of Gurnee in 1982 | 8 | | for service to the community; he was recognized by the Illinois | 9 | | Bar Association in 2000 as a Senior Counsellor after 50 years | 10 | | of membership; his work in the FBI investigating Soviet | 11 | | espionage in the late 1940s and early 1950s was featured in the | 12 | | book "Bombshell" and two television documentaries; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Judge McQueen was preceded in death by his wife of | 14 | | 67 years, Harriet (Peggy) McQueen; his parents; and his | 15 | | brother, Wayland; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Judge McQueen is survived by his son, Thomas | 17 | | (Janet) McQueen; his daughter, Jane (Robert) Lindquist; and | 18 | | five grandchildren, Allison McQueen, Alexander McQueen, Andrew | 19 | | McQueen, Ashely Lindquist, and Anna Lindquist; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Judge Robert K. McQueen, and extend our sincere condolences to |
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| 1 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Judge McQueen as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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