Bill Text: IL SR0419 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Judge Robert K. McQueen of Lindenhurst.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR0419 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SR0419-Introduced.html

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

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

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