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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-3669/1
CMH:skw
July 9, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Smith, Ratcliff and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Phelps, Sinicki, Stroud, Brown, DeSmidt, Murphy, Roe and Subeck. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SJR76,1,1
1Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Bruce S. Peloquin.
SJR76,1,42Whereas, Senator Bruce Peloquin, a dedicated public servant, business
3executive, and school psychologist, passed away in Eau Claire on October 2, 2024, at
4the age of 87; and
SJR76,1,65Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was born on November 3, 1936, in Chippewa Falls,
6the youngest of Anna and Frank Peloquins 10 children; and
SJR76,1,107Whereas, Bruce Peloquin graduated from McDonell Central Catholic High
8School in Chippewa Falls in 1954 and went on to receive a bachelors degree in
9business administration in 1966 and a masters in school psychology in 1973 from
10the University of WisconsinEau Claire; and
SJR76,1,1411Whereas, Bruce Peloquins first forays into public service were his two
12unsuccessful runs for the Chippewa Falls City Council, losing the second race by a
13mere seven votes, followed by his tenure on the Chippewa County Board from 1962
14to 1965; and
SJR76,2,3
1Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1964,
2serving from 1965 to 1971, and was only the second Democrat in the 20th century to
3hold the seat from Chippewa County; and
SJR76,2,74Whereas, Bruce Peloquin served on the Assembly Committees on Education,
5Tourism, Elections, Public Welfare, and Review of Administrative Rules, as well as
6the Committee to Visit State Institutions, the Joint Interim Committee, and the
7Council on Traffic Law Enforcement; and
SJR76,2,178Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was elected to the Wisconsin Senate and served
9from 1971 to 1979 with appointments to the Joint Committee on Finance; the
10Senate Committees on Education, Audit, Government and Veterans Affairs, and
11Health, Education and Welfare; the Education Commission of the States; the
12Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission Legislative Advisory
13Committee; the Interim Study Committee on Campus Funding and Faculty Salary
14Equity in the University of Wisconsin System; the Environmental Education
15Council; the Special Committee on Education Program Review Project; and
16Legislative Council committees on education, the school aid formula, and
17compulsory attendance; and
SJR76,2,2218Whereas, Bruce Peloquins proudest legislative achievements included his role
19in strengthening child abuse laws, requiring public schools to provide special
20education, requiring public schools to employ reading specialists, aligning state
21statute with the state constitutions guarantee of free public education, and
22supporting the foster grandparent program; and
SJR76,3,323Whereas, in addition to being a legislator, Bruce Peloquin was a jack of all
24trades, having worked on a cement crew; tended bar at Glen Loch Saloon; co-owned

1the Bloomer golf course; been employed at Mason Shoe, Uniroyal Tires, and 3M; and
2served as a licensed school psychologist at public schools in Greenwood, New
3Auburn, Gilman, and Cameron; and
SJR76,3,54Whereas, Bruce Peloquin enjoyed golf, card games, back-road travels,
5auctions, antiques, flea markets, birdwatching, and nature; and
SJR76,3,106Where, Bruce Peloquin was an accomplished woodworker, spending years
7deconstructing 14 barns from around Wisconsin and a pickle factory in Chippewa
8Falls to salvage materials for the recycled house that he lived in with his wife, and
9constructing the timber cross that now stands at Round Hill, a sacred site in the
10community of Arkansaw; and
SJR76,3,1211Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was a loving husband to Nancy and a devoted father
12to his children, Simone, Traci, and Dean; and
SJR76,3,1413Whereas, Bruce Peloquin will be remembered for wit, wisdom, and generosity;
14now, therefore, be it
SJR76,3,1715Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of
16the Wisconsin Legislature honor the life and public service of Senator Bruce S.
17Peloquin and extend their condolences to his family and friends.
SJR76,3,1818(end)
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