[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1893-E1894]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO EDWARD LEO COYLE

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2005

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Edward Leo Coyle as he 
celebrates the centennial of his life on September 27, 2005.
  Edward Leo Coyle, known to his friends as Ed, was born on September 
27, 1905, on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. He was the 
youngest of five children born to William and Anne Bradley Coyle.
  Ed Coyle attended Catholic schools and after graduating from high 
school he attended Ohio State University. After graduation from Ohio 
State, he followed in his older brother's footsteps, attending the 
University of Cincinnati Law School. He passed the Bar in 1930 and 
entered the legal profession at the start of the Great Depression. He 
joined his brother William in the practice of law, and served as 
Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General.
  Ed Coyle married Winifred S. ``Teddy'' Johnson in 1936. The couple 
had two children, a son Ed and their daughter Nancy, now Mrs. Joseph 
Huber, a resident of the 14th Congressional District. He now has four 
grandsons, Michael and Jim Coyle and David and Matthew Huber, as well 
as three great grandsons, Jacob, Justin and Ryan Coyle.
  Ed Coyle was employed as a lawyer for the Curtiss-Wright Company 
during the war, and then practiced law in his own office until 1950 
when he and his family moved to southern California. He joined Bank of 
America and

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served as a Trust Officer in charge of the Glendale District Trust 
Department until his retirement in 1970.
  In 1976, Ed and Teddy moved to Palo Alto where Ed became a member of 
the Senior Group at the Palo Alto Golf Course, playing until he was 90. 
He gave generously of his time and talents as a volunteer at the Senior 
Center, counseling others on financial issues. Today although he 
suffers from neuropathy, he keeps up with his grandsons and walks each 
day at the Stanford University Track.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Edward Coyle 
on his 100th birthday and recognizing his countless contributions to 
our community and our country.

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