Welcome to the Muscatine Senior High and Hayes Catholic High Class Of 1969 web site. This is our web page, and we can do with it what we like.  Please let everyone know about this site that you think would like to participate. Join our class webpage at Muscatine69.com. If you know someone's email address, you can also send it to us and we can invite them through Contact Us.

Sadly, we lost two classmates this week...Peggy Cracraft Cozad and Lee Ziegenhorn.

PEGGY ANN COZAD

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Peggy Ann Cozad, 73, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2024, at Pearl City Place.

Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 30, 2024, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or the Muscatine Humane Society.

Funeral Service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 30, 2024, at the funeral home. Pastor Susan Bantz will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.wittichfuneralhome.com

Peggy was born on May 18, 1951, in Muscatine, the daughter of William Rutledge and Beverly P. Hintermeister Cracraft. She married Ronald A. Cozad on August 9, 1980, in Muscatine, Iowa. He preceded her in death on April 23, 2015.

Peggy was a member of the Moose Lodge. She worked at HON and organized the HON picnics and retirement parties. She later worked in the school system as a bus aid and with kindergarten roundup at Colorado School. She loved working with the children.

Peggy enjoyed shopping, craft shows, and canasta tournaments. Peggy was a sociable person and never knew a stranger. She loved talking on the phone and catching up with everyone she knew, her two cats, Spot and Smokey, and her Diet Pepsi. She enjoyed planning and going on vacations with her husband, Ronald.

Peggy is survived by her children, Jason (Sunny Stone) Harmon and Kim (Tom) Whitehair.

She is preceded in death by her parents and husband, Ron.

LEE ZIEGENHORN

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Lee Ziegenhorn, 74, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2024, at the University of Iowa.

Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. The Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Iowa Donor Network. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.wittichfuneralhome.com

Lee was born on December 8, 1950, in Muscatine, the son of Donald M. and Marjorie E. McElroy Ziegenhorn.

Lee was a 1969 graduate of Muscatine High School. He worked at Newcomb Trucking as a truck driver.

Lee was an avid Cubs and Hawkeyes fan. He enjoyed spending time at Jody’s and watching black and white movies. After retiring, he enjoyed spending Friday afternoons at Newcombs.

Lee is survived by his brother, Craig (Mary) Ziegenhorn of Kansas City, Missouri; nieces, Trisha and Stefanie; grand nephews, Jonah, Cameron, and Cole.

He is preceded in death by his parents; uncle, Virgil McElroy; cousins, Kelly Ingstad and Kim Ingstad.

MICHAEL DEAN HALL OBITUARY 

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Michael Dean Hall, 74, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2024, at Harmony in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by his family.  

Celebration of Life will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the American Legion in Muscatine with Military Rites at 1:30 p.m.Burial will take place at the Rock Island National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family, in care of Brenda. Online Condolences may be made at www.wittichfuneralhome.com.

Michael was born on November 17, 1950, in Muscatine, the son of Donald Hall and Phyllis A. Schenk Walker. He married Brenda Webb on June 13, 1976, in Evansville, Indiana.

Michael was the owner of Halls Plastering. He was a member of the American Legion and the men’s bowling association.

He enjoyed bowling, camping, and playing cards. He loved his grandchildren, grand dog Finn, and his dog, Angel. 

Michael is survived by his wife, Brenda; daughter, Tia (Juan) Fourneau; 2 grandchildren, Arabella and Alex; sister, Kandis Haller; and half-sister, Lynne McCrabb.

He is preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Teresa Hall, Dennis Hall, and Rick Gray

There is another album "More MHS Class 1969 55th Reunion Photos" now available via Flickr app if you click on link below.  You will not need to open Flickr to view. 

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBRuVa

Hi All, I am unable to directly post our 55th reunion photos onto to this website due to system format incompatabilities. I think I have found a work-around by adding them to the Flickr app and sending you the link below.  You should be able to view them on Class Creator without opening/loading the Flickr app itself.

Everyone's photos are already loaded onto our Facebook page ("Muscatine and Hayes High School--Class of 1969.")  If you are not a member, request to join our group when you are on Facebook and I will add you.   

Debbie

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBRhjH

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To: Class of 69 from Harry Koch:

The Reunion committee has reviewed the input received at last weeks event-- and, there appears to be enough interest to hold the next session next year. This would be a 1 day event. And will be held on Friday, September 26,2025-- at 6:00pm.

- Herman has made the very generous offer to hold the event at his house...

- and, the Committee will be supplying the Food for this evening.

- Please bring whatever you want to drink...

As we get closer to that date-- there will be additional details provided.

- as mentioned in an earlier email, Debbie has already posted pictures from the 55th on the Facebook site- and is working with Rick to post them to the class website. If you have any pictures, please forward them to Debbie.

Message to Class of 69 from Harry Koch:

What a fantastic turnout out our 55th reunion weekend! Great food and fellowship. The count for Friday night was 73 and Saturday 78. Both surpassed our target number of 45.

We will be posting pictures to both our Class Creator website and class Facebook page. If you have any photos from the weekend, whether at the scheduled evening events or just hanging out, please send to Debbie Cohn at drdsc1951@gmail.com

The committee greatly appreciates your feedback regarding the next reunion date. We will be back in touch in the near future.