William "Bill" T. Reints
William Taylor Reints was born December 29, 1946, in Britton, South Dakota to William and Beverly (Schmidt) Reints. Bill was raised on the farm with his three sisters. He attended school in Langford, graduating from Langford High School in 1965.
In August 1971, Bill was introduced to Jeanne Sanderson. Bill would go on to say when he walked up to the house to pick her up for their first date, he saw her and said, “Uffda.” He knew she was the one from that moment. Bill and Jeanne were united in marriage on March 17, 1972. Together, they made their home in the rural Langford area where they continued to farm and raise their family together for 53 years. He came to be known as “Mr. Bill” during their years running Mr. Bill’s bar and restaurant in Pierpont.
Bill was an active volunteer in both the Langford and Pierpont communities, serving others as a member of Langford Evangelical Lutheran Church, Langford Jaycees, the Homertownship board, and Pierpont Firework Committee. Bill most enjoyed farming, fishing, hosting hunters, and “circling” the area to visit with friends and family. There was rarely a conversation where he didn’t sprinkle in a song or dance. You could find him playing cards with the coffee crew at the C-store in Langford most days.
Mr. Bill passed away Thursday, January 22, 2026 at his home in rural Langford, at the age of 79.
Grateful for having shared in his life are his wife, Jeanne; his children: Taylor (Crystal) Reints of Pierpont, Vaughn (Melinda) Reints of Pierpont, Carter (Josie) Reints of Langford, Mollie (Brent) Greenway of Mitchell; 9 grandchildren: Addy (Austin) Taylor, Madeline (Jamison) Reints, Hayden (Mariah) Reints, Holden Sippel, Gage Sippel, Hudson Reints, Case Reints, Hunter Adams, and Margo Greenway; great grandson, Kooper Reints; his sisters Linda (Steve) Witt of Bristol, SD, Joan (Hal) Sharpe of Edinburg, VA and Teresa (Billy) McCraw of Clarksville, TN; brother-in-law Bruce (Carolyn) Sanderson of Claremont, SD, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and people that loved him.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Bill and Betty Reints and his in-laws, Harold and Bonnie Sanderson.