CATHLENE Petersen REINOLD
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” Winne-the-Pooh
Cathlene Petersen Reinold, 37, beloved mother, wife, sister, niece, cousin and friend, died Tuesday April 2, 2019 in Anchorage Alaska. A visitation will be held at the Legacy Funeral Home-Heritage Chapel at Angelus, 440 East Klatt Road in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday April 12, 2019 at 2 p.m. followed by a Celebration of Life from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Cathlene was born in December 1981 in Manila, Philippines. She was adopted by her grandparents Peter and Rufina Petersen Sr. and moved to Anchorage with them in 1988. She attended Campbell Elementary, Mears Junior High, Dimond High and Alaska Career College. She worked at various places, most recently at Child Early Learning Center, but her favorite and most important job was being a wonderful mother to her children. Cathlene was known for her smile, her sense of humor and her never ending ability to make people laugh. She had special nicknames for everyone, and never missed an opportunity to crack a joke. Her ability to implode a photo opportunity by making faces or wisecracks was legendary. Her family stated, "Some of the light and joy she shared may have left us, but heaven will now be an even more joyful place and the loved ones waiting for her there are bound to be laughing."
Cathlene was preceded in death by her birth parents, Eduardo and Zenida Garcia, her adoptive parents/grandparents Peter and Rufina Petersen Sr., her aunt Karen Marasigan and her beloved nephew Marcus. She is survived by her husband, James W. Reinold, son James (JW) Reinold, and daughter Lilyonna of Anchorage, Alaska; her uncle Peter Petersen Jr. of Hilo Hawaii, her aunt Susan (Andy) Encabo of Anchorage, AK, her uncle Jason (Anna) Petersen, of Anchorage, her siblings Edgar, Joana, Shella, Gerald, Grace and Edwin of the Phillippines, and Eden of Dubai; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.