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United Township High School
Class Of 1970

Please share your news (milestone anniversaries, loss of family members or classmates, new additions to your family, retirements, etc.) or your suggestions for Lunch Bunch events to: tjwatson@mchsi.com

It's Rescheduled!

We have combined our postponed 50 year class reunion with a 70th birthday celebration for the Class of 1970. Keep August 12-14, 2022 blocked out for a fun reunion weekend!  Anyone interested in helping on the 2022 reunion committee should contact Trudy. 

As more details become available, we'll post them here. 

❤️ Golden Wedding Anniversaries ❤️

Congratulations on 50 years of marriage!

2021 Anniversaries 💕

April

  • Denny and Mary (Arnold) Gottwalt 
  • Paul and Debbie (George) Laird 

June

  • Tom and Sharon (Paasch) Rexroth 

Remember When?

Steve Fonteyne shared this photo of promotional items that were sold by the Student Council to raise money for the bus trips to watch our Panthers play during the great 1969-1970 basketball season. 

Retirement

Congratulations to William Bosley on his retirement as a railroad engineer after 50 years with the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and the Rock Island Railroads.

A Special Request  📬

Our classmate, Dwight Bender, recently was hospitalized for over a month and is now recuperating in a local rehab care facility. His birthday is August 8th and it's likely he won't be released by then.  If you'd like to send him a birthday card or a note, please send it to:

 Dwight Bender

 4122 10th Street

 East Moline, IL 61244

With Sympathy: Recent Losses

Our condolences to:

  • the family and friends of Mr. Ted Knutsen, a teacher and coach during our years at UTHS. Mr. Knutsen died on July 22. 
  • Carl Daggett on the passing of his mother on July 14.
  • Gene Stradthee on the passing of his brother (Daryl) on July 13.
  • the family and friends of our classmate, Robert Mohr. Bob died on July 11.
  • the family  and friends of Mr. James Lodico, a teacher and coach while we were at UTHS. He died on June 29.
  • Deb (Heyninck) Stumphy on the passing of her mother on June 16.
  • the family and friends of our classmate, Kathy (Covemaker) Masias. Kathy died on June 14.
  • the family and friends of our classmate, Peter Bein. Pete died on May 31.
  • Debra Sels on the passing of her sister on May 25.
  • Cindy (Gottwalt) Strong on the death of her husband on May 24.
  • Willis "Bill" Graham on the death of his wife on May 20. Delores was also the sister-in-law of Joan (Allen) Pfeiffer.  
  • Linda (Gustaf) Dugan on the passing of her brother (Steven) on April 7.
  • Bruce Sutton on the death of his father on March 27.
  • the family and friends of our classmate, Amy (Waltman) Gaskins. Amy died on March 20. 
  • the family and friends of our classmate Ed Murray.  Ed died on March 16. Ed's brother, Tim is also our classmate.  
  • Mary (Voltz) Hough on the death of her brother (John) on March 16.
  • Pam (Munkirs) Argenbright on the death of her husband on March 10.
  • Martena (Baecke) Byron on the death of her sister-in-law (Gerry) on February 24.
  • Mark Allmendinger on the passing of his mother on February 22.
  • Jeff Poelvoorde on the death of his mother on February 22.
  • Jack Meyers on the death of his mother on February 19.
  • Mario Sierra on the passing of his sister (Teresa Cervantes) on February 16.
  • Nancy (McDowell) Castro on the passing of her son on January 31.
  • LeaAnn (Gottwalt) Gomez on the death of her mother on January 27. 
  • Michael Debowski on the passing of his mother on January 25. 
  • Kathy (Hays) Buchanan on the death of her brother on January 25.
  • the family and friends of our classmate, Anne (Freiburg) Riley. Anne died on January 18.  
  • Jim Whipple on the passing of his mother on January 11.

Thanks to Laura (VandeGeest) Burke, Connie (Needham) Goettig, and Natalie (Huber) Frutiger for their assistance with notifications of these losses. 

Webmaster: Trudy Mills Watson