Obituary: Peter D. Mancuso – Door County Pulse – Cyber Tech

d. August 23, 2024

Peter D. Mancuso peacefully left his dwelling within the arms of his spouse, the love of his life, on August 23, 2024. 

He was born and raised in Milwaukee. After incomes his college diploma, Peter started his profession in Inexperienced Bay in 1962 as a instructor and coach. His profession shifted to enterprise, which led to a lifetime of labor and pleasure. Peter was a lifelong learner and instructor, and an extremely well-read man. He was a cautious research of individuals, and he actively and persistently engaged with those that have been open to his assist and steerage. 
 


Studying from mentors at IBM and Paper Changing Machine Firm, he partnered with John Van in 1977 to buy Lindquist Machine, a small machine store in Inexperienced Bay. Peter led LMC for practically 4 many years, driving its progress and improvement because it grew to become a acknowledged world-class machine builder. He embraced the challenges in enterprise and used his expertise as a pacesetter, mentor, networker and deep, strategic thinker to positively influence the outcomes. Peter offered the enterprise to Mark Kaiser in 2011, remaining Chairman till his passing.  

In 1978, Peter grew to become a member of The Government Committee in Milwaukee. For many years, he shared his management, expertise and enterprise acumen with quite a few enterprise homeowners and executives. Peter was additionally very beneficiant of his time and helped promote TEC all through the US and overseas.  

All the time attempting to be taught and coach, Peter served on quite a few firm boards together with BMO Financial institution and the Boys & Women Membership of Inexperienced Bay and Kelley Firm, CG Schmidt Company, and Lakeside Manufacturing in Milwaukee. Elected in 1999 as board Chairman of Sandusky Worldwide, a worldwide producer, he led a profitable turnaround, in the end promoting the enterprise in 2010. Peter was the one non-family board Chairman on Sandusky. 

He was additionally one of many unique board members of PMI Leisure Group. Peter served as Chairman for 30 years because it grew to become nationally-recognized as a most popular leisure venue. PMI bought the Inexperienced Bay Gamblers hockey workforce which has received a number of USHL league championships with quite a few gamers incomes scholarships to schools all through the nation. Many NHL and school coaches, gamers, and scouts started their skilled careers with the Gamblers. Moreover, Peter’s management was important in reaching the constructing of each the Resch Heart and Resch Expo. These two buildings dramatically modified the alternatives for occasions, reveals, and expositions in Inexperienced Bay. Peter was dedicated to utilizing the venues to assist enhance the standard of life for residents of Northeast Wisconsin. 

His lengthy listing of enterprise accomplishments doesn’t seize how and why he impacted so many individuals professionally and personally. Peter handled everybody with respect, it doesn’t matter what position they performed in life. He was by no means one to search for or anticipate the credit score for profitable ventures he was concerned in; he most popular to stay unnoticed and within the background. Peter’s affect unfold by means of folks far past the listing of organizations he led as CEO, Director, or Chairman. Lots of the organizations he was concerned in confronted strategic challenges, even threatening their survival. Peter by no means hid from issues or averted the exhausting dialog; quite, he moved in direction of them in a way that eliminated worry, opened communication, instilled confidence, and fostered teamwork.  

He cherished to mentor younger entrepreneurs to assist create and execute their enterprise plans and was ecstatic once they reached their targets. Peter’s funding of himself in folks will resound by means of many generations.

Peter and his spouse Deb routinely donated each time and assets to people and households of their time of want. He additionally cared deeply about, revered and honored all those that served our nation at each stage. 

Though he and Deb loved touring extensively all through the world, their favourite place was on their sailboat Diomira crusing the attractive waters of the Nice Lakes. Peter cherished life, his spouse, household and pals, his canine, sports activities, music, figuring out, and being dwelling. He thanked God every day for the blessings bestowed upon him. Via a lifetime of exhausting work and taking dangers, he achieved greater than he ever dreamed of from his humble beginnings. 

Peter left indelible footprints all through his life’s journey. He was a person of excessive character, integrity, and empathy, alongside together with his nice humorousness, fast wit and fiercely sturdy impartial spirit. He was beneficiant of coronary heart, humble, and type.  Peter’s soul shall be carried ahead by the attractive affect he was on these lives he touched. He won’t permit us to be alone in our heartbreak, however will journey with all of us as we stroll the trail of his recollections. 

Peter is dearly cherished and shall be drastically missed by his loving spouse, Deb; three youngsters, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; two siblings, nieces and nephews (and their households); different family, many expensive pals and colleagues.  “We have been all blessed to have him in our lives. The world won’t ever be the identical with out him in it!”

A personal service shall be held at a later date. 

To honor Peter’s reminiscence, please take into account a donation to the Boys & Women Membership of Inexperienced Bay OR Sturgeon Bay (www.bgcblr.org); the Mayo Clinic Training Basis (Mayo Clinic, Division of Improvement, 200 First Road SW, Rochester, MN 55905; www.philanthropy.mayoclinic.org, Select: “Make This Donation A Tribute” and enter “Peter Mancuso”); or The Ladies’s Heart (505 North East Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186; www.twcwaukesha.org).  
 

Preparations have been entrusted with Huehns Funeral Dwelling, Inc. & Door County Crematory LLC in Sturgeon Bay. Expressions of sympathy, recollections, and images of Peter could also be shared together with his household by means of his tribute web page at HuehnsFuneralHome.com.