Judge John Linde memorial now in place

Judge John O. Linde, who served as San Juan County’s first Superior Court Judge from January 2008 until his death in December 2009, was memorialized by the County Council at the behest of the San Juan County Bar Association in July 2010.

Carla J. Higginson, then-current Bar president, designed and arranged for the fabrication and placement of the bronze memorial plaque, which was purchased with Bar Association funds.

The plaque reads:  “This courtroom is dedicated by the citizens of this county to the memory of John O. Linde (1947-2009), San Juan County’s first Superior Court Judge.  This plaque is presented in grateful acknowledgement of his service by the San Juan County Bar Association on July 2, 2010.”

The plaque hangs just outside the Superior Courtroom door along with the original signed and framed Proclamation, a location selected with the agreement of current Superior Court Judge Donald E. Eaton.