Edward Awe 1878 - 1947

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Sioux City Journal Tribune
26 November 1947

Plan Rites For Two Found Dead

Services Friday for Carbon Dioxide Poisoning Victims

Funeral services for Edward Awe, 69, 716 Sioux Street operator of the Willow Inn, and Mrs. Anna Jacobson Coe, 55, 1005 W. Sixth Street, who were found dead Tuesday in a parked automobile in a closed garage at the rear of 711 Market Street, will be held Friday.

The two, dead since Saturday, died of what Coroner R.W. Perkins termed “Carbon dioxide poisoning.” They were found by Dick Nash, a bartender at Awe’s tavern, 323 W. Seventh Street, after he began a search for his employer, last seen by him Saturday night at the tavern.

The funeral of Mr. Awe will be held at 11 a.m. at Perasso Bros. Chapel and Rev. George W. Dunn will officiate. Burial will be in a Cherokee, Iowa Cemetery.

Rites at Graceland

Funeral services for Mrs. Coe will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Graceland Cemetery Chapel. Rev. C.J. Tellekson will officiate. Perasso Bros. Funeral Home will have charge.

Mrs. Coe was born April 7, 1892, in Charter Oak, Iowa and had resided here 37 years.

Survivors include the widower, Booge; two sons, Arthur B. Coe of Sioux City and R.R. Coe of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. J.W. Mills and Mrs. C.I. Dodge of Sioux City; two brothers, Emil Jacobsen of Danbury and three grandchildren.

Coroner Perkins said no inquest would be held and returned a verdict of “accidental death caused by carbon dioxide poisoning.” (Coroner Perkins explained that carbon dioxide poisoning involved destruction of hemoglobin in the red blood corpuscles.)

Russell H. White, lieutenant of detectives, said Mrs. Coe had not been reported missing.

Mrs. Coe was slumped behind the steering wheel of Awe’s automobile and Awe was seated beside her when detectives and police officers arrived at the scene.

The car contained half a tank of gasoline and the ignition key had been switched off. Coroner Perkins said Awe’s body was leaning toward the dashboard, and it was theorized he may have turned off the ignition.

Blood on the rear truck of the car, the door handles and ignition key apparently came from Awe’s right index finger, which was cut and broken, the coroner said, adding that he believed the tavern operator had slammed the door on his hand.

$1,800 in Wallet
The doors of the garage were unlocked and two windows of the car were partly open.

Nash said his employer frequently made business trips which took him away for several days and consequently no search had been made earlier for him.

Awe’s wallet contained $1800 in cash, and Mrs. Coe’s purse held $17.

Survivors of the dead man include the widow Anna of Wichita, Kansas; a son Arthur of Cherokee and a daughter, Mrs. D.C. Flemming, also of Wichita.

He was born March 29, 1878 in Indiana and had resided here since 1926.