10/19/1972
Stephen William Coxe, age 18, was killed Thursday, Oct. 19, 1972, when the car in which he was riding collided with an eastbound Norfolk & Western freight train here. The 49-car freight was moving at 25 to 30 miles per hour.
Steve was born February 3, 1954, the son of Dr. John Coxe, Jr.
Iowa AB US Air Force VietNam.
Coxe is Survived by his father, Dr. John Coxe, Jr. of Knoxville, three brothers, John Coxe III, of Des Moines, and Craig and Bruce, at home, a sister, Mrs. Richard (Ann) Knopf of Knob Noster, Mo, and his grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Coxe of Des Moines.
Services were held Monday at the Bybee and Davis Funeral Home with Chaplain Clayton Sugg officiating.
Burial was at the Buana Vista Cemetery in Storm Lake.