Peter James Reindl

Peter J. Reindl, 56, formerly of Porterfield, late of East Troy, Wis., died Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at his home in East Troy after a six-year battle with mesothelioma. His strength, his family and friends, and his wife’s steadfast support carried him through his challenging illness.

Born April 8, 1969, in Kenosha, he was the son of the late Arthur F. Reindl and Carol A. (Rosera) Reindl. In 1974, his family moved to Porterfield. He attended Porterfield Elementary School, Marinette Middle School, and Marinette High School. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1991 with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering.

He pursued a career that revolved around inverters and machines for alternative and distributed energy applications, working for Eaton Dynamatic as a service engineer. This was followed by working as an engineering manager with the Swedish–Swiss multinational ABB in the design, engineering, and manufacture of power electronic products. He concluded his career working for the US branch of the Finnish company The Switch as director of engineering for US operations.

On August 8, 2014, in Portland, Maine, he married Laura Redwine. A dutiful son, devoted husband, loving father, faithful brother, and true friend—Peter was all of these and more. He was always ready to help, from cutting firewood to applying his home-improvement skills—and even a few weeks before his last breath he would get up to mow the lawn or supervise work on Laura’s ‘she shed’, making jokes and never complaining. His hard working as a boy on the family farm built his stamina, a demanding career developed his perseverance and tenacity, and all these qualities shone through in the courage and resilience he maintained until the very end.

Surviving are his mother Carol Reindl of Porterfield; his wife Laura of East Troy; two sons, from a previous marriage, Zachary of Genoa City and Ethan of Muskego, one daughter, Haleigh (Alec) Reindl of Kansas City, Mo.; his stepchildren Abby (Ian) Coelho of Jackson, Wyo., Emma (Teagan) King of Grafton, WI and Adam King of Canaan, ME. His brother Donald (Dawn) of Ljubljana, Slovenia; his sisters Amy (Brian) Mittag of Howard, WI and Kerry Reindl of Green Bay WI; and Ryan Grieb of Delevan, WI, a stepson; as well as several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Arthur Reindl, his son Trevor, and Kyle Grieb, his stepson.

A celebration of Peter’s life will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at the Cotton Exchange (345 Hickory Hollow Rd, Waterford, WI 53185) from 1p.m. until memorial service at 3p.m.

Mealy-Stencel Funeral Home is proudly serving the family.