• Born in Toledo, Ohio to William and Lillian Coyle
  
• Graduated from St. Francis DeSales High School in 1962
  
• Attended Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio graduating in 1966 with a B.S. in Economics
  
• Co-captain of Xavier football team 1965-66
  
• Served in the U.S. Army at Fort Polk, Louisiana for two years as a first and second lieutenant
  
• Attended the Cincinnati School of Mortuary Science, graduating in 1970 and serving as senior class president
  
• Joined the Coyle Funeral Home in 1970
  
• Past President of the Toledo Area Xavier Alumni Club
  
• Professionally licensed in Ohio as a Funeral Director and Embalmer
  
• Served as Chairman of the Board of the Elizabeth Zepf Community Mental Health Center in 1984-85
  
• Past President of the Northwest Ohio Funeral Director's Association 1991-94
• Recipient of the "Silver Slate" award from the Toledo Board of Education for service to Bowsher High School
  
• Active member of the Maumee Rotary Club and a past President of Maumee Rotary Club from 1992-93
  
• 1994 recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow award for exemplary service to Maumee Rotary
  
• Past President of the Ohio Funeral Group 1987-88
  
• Member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
  
• Served on the Medical College of Ohio Foundation's Board of Trustees as Secretary, from 1984-91
  
• Board member, Hospice of Northwest Ohio from 1984-90 serving as both secretary and Board Vice-President
  
• Joe has two daughters, Megan and Katie, son Jeremiah and lives in South Toledo with his wife Bonnie