Mr McQueen was brought up in the Black Spout tinker encampment.
A member of the travelling community, he was proud of his heritage and indeed his achievements.
He attended Blair Athol School but, for him, horses were an early love and he spent his life around them.
His passion was shared by his family and became his business and way of life.
Mr McQueen was well-respected in the Atholl area and in particular by farmers, who met him often as he went round buying brock wool, scrap metal and hay for his horses.
He was happiest around his highland ponies, breeding them and entering them in shows where they won many top prizes.
He spent more than 50 years working from the Armoury Stable and even set up one of Perthshire’s first pony trekking centres there.
A visit to his stables was always interesting and there he showed some of the many items of vintage farm machinery and horse carriages he collected and restored.
At this time he would ride through Pitlochry, cutting a fine figure on a striking, high-stepping horse.
Latterly, Mr McQueen moved into the Dalweem Nursing Home, Aberfeldy.
