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Robert R. Mc Queen Falls City, NE QCWA # 30325 |
Robert R. McQueen, Jr., 84, of Falls City, NE, passed away March 15, 2007, at Falls City. He was born August 5, 1922 at Highland, KS to the late Robert R. and Minnie B. (Simpson) McQueen.
On October 18, 1942 he married Joyce E. Brown at Oregon, MO. She passed away June 10, 1997.
Robert entered the US Army during WWII on October 31, 1942, at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. He was honorably discharged on February 8, 1946, as a Chaplain Assistant. He earned the Good Conduct Medal and the American Defense Service Ribbon. He then served three years in the Army National Guard.
Mr. McQueen went to the Highland, KS schools until the sixth grade when he moved with his family to Hiawatha, KS, where he graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1940. After graduation he worked at the Hiawatha Dairy Products Company making cheese, dried milk& powdered eggs. He left for the service in October 1942 and after being discharged they moved to Sabetha, KS, where he was employed by the Gas Service Company.
He was a member of the Sabetha Volunteer Fire Dept. for 24 years, with the last 12 of them being the Fire Chief; he was also active in Ham Radio Communications. In 1972 he was transferred by the Gas Service Co. to Falls City where he lived until his retirement in 1982, having worked 36 years for them. Robert then moved to Rulo, NE, and lived there until 2004 when he moved back to Falls City to be closer to his son.
He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rulo, NE, in which he was very active & had served as an Acolyte at Daily Mass. Member of American Legion Post #102, past member of Falls City Lions Club, past member of Sacred Heart School Council; served as a member of the Civil Service Commission, active member Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club & QCWA #210 at Omaha, NE; member of Knights of Columbus and was a Fourth Degree Knight.
Robert is survived by sons, Barry and wife Rita of Lawrence, KS, Jay and wife Martha of Dodge City, KS, Alan of Falls City, Jon and wife Teresa of Falls City, daughter, Nancy Kommer and husband Peter of Glenwood, IA, brothers, Frank of South San Francisco, CA, Jim and wife Betty of Hiawatha, sisters, Veleta Stewart of St. Helen, OR, Millie Bell and husband Larry of Fort Morgan, CO, twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, brother, John, grandsons, Steven Kommer and Travis McQueen.
A funeral mass will be held on Monday, March 19, 2007, at 10:30 AM at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Father Thomas Dunavan as the presiding priest. Interment will be in Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery. Military graveside services by Falls City Ceremonial Honor Guard.
A parish rosary will be held on Sunday at 7:00 PM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home.
(Source: dorrandclark.com/obituary)
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Robert R. "Bob" McQueen Jr., 84, widower of Joyce E. (Brown), passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2007. Bob was a U.S. Army veteran who served during WWII from 1942 to 1946. He retired from the Gas Service Company after 36 years of service. Bob was interred at the Rulo Church Cemetery.
For many years bob was THE ham operator in Rulo, and was always ready with a quip about how small a town Rulo is. A visitor didn.t have to know Bob.s street address in Rulo to spot his antenna and know where he lived.
Bob was a member of both the Falls City Amateur Radio Club and the Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club. Saturday mornings often found Bob sharing a grin over coffee at the informal Hams. Coffee Klatch at 9 a.m. at the Hiawatha Inn.
Bob regularly checked into the 80 meter morning sideband nets, and was also a mainstay on the Northeast Kansas 2 meter net on the WAØRR repeater. He enjoyed HF voice best, and was often found on the 40 and 80 meter bands politely rag chewing.
Survivors include sons, Barry, Lawrence, Kan., Jay, Dodge City, Kan., Alan, Jon, both Falls City; daughter, Nancy Kommer, Glenwood, Iowa; brothers, Frank, South San Francisco, Calif., Jim, Hiawatha, Kan.; sisters, Veleta Stewart, St. Helen, Ore., Millie Bell, Fort Morgan, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.
(Source: QNU newsletter of the Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club)
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