Award recipient has aided community in many ways

Decatur Daily Democrat:

The Decatur Chamber of Commerce Awards has announced that Edwin E. Coil has been selected as its recipient of the 2011 Stephen Decatur Award.

He will receive the award at the Chamber's annual dinner meeting on February 2 at the Knights of Columbus pavilion.

During and following his 52 years with the Zollner Corporation, Coil devoted himself to the service of the community in numerous and varied ways, Chamber officials said in making the announcement.

Coil was born on October 28, 1931, in Willshire, Ohio. At a young age he moved to a farm near Lima, Ohio, and graduated from Spencerville, Ohio, High School. He was drafted into the Army in 1951 and served with the 5th Regimental Combat Team in Korea for 10 months.