Edward W. "Ted" WarnerSt. Louis, MOEdward Waide Warner, known to friends as "Ted," fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2017, at the age of 90 years. As Chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on Medicine and Health in 1975, he played a principal role in the debate over the "definition of death" and other legal issues raised by advances in medical life-support technology, resulting in a widely adopted model statute. His work on those issues gained national prominence in the wake of the Karen Ann Quinlan case, which authorized the removal from a respirator of a patient with no reasonable prospect of recovery. To bring focus and leadership on health law matters, he became a founding member of the American Society of Hospital Attorneys. He also served on the Board of Advisors of Alexian Brothers Hospital. He was born on July 28, 1926, the fifth of six children of John B. Warner and Genevieve Kinsella Warner of North Taylor Avenue in Kirkwood, Missouri. He was the grandson of Wilbur Fisk Warner, founder of W.F. Warner & Co., a leading wholesale fur and woolens business based in St. Louis. Graduating early from St. Louis University High School, he enlisted in the Navy, serving in the Aleutian Islands as a meteorologist during World War II. He was privileged to go on an Honor Flight in August, 2015, which he enjoyed in the company of a number of his fellow servicemen and all of his children. After the war, he returned to St. Louis, graduating from St. Louis University and St. Louis University Law School. He began his legal career in general practice in Clayton, Missouri, in 1951. In 1955, he was invited to join the St. Louis firm of Evans & Dixon, becoming a partner in 1960. He spent the rest of his career with the firm, defending hospitals and insurance companies in litigation matters. He was a member of the executive committee and retired as the senior partner of the firm in 1996 after 45 years in the practice of law. In addition to his service with the American Bar Association, he was Chairman of the Workers Compensation Committee of both the St. Louis Bar Association and the Missouri Bar Association. He was a member of the Veiled Prophet Organization in St. Louis, Missouri, Algonquin Golf Club in Glendale, Missouri, and the Royal Poinciana Golf Club in Naples, Florida. With perhaps more enthusiasm than skill, he enjoyed playing golf courses around the world.He was preceded in death by Barbara Hardy Warner, his wife of 62 years. He is survived by his son, Edward Waide, Jr. (Cecilia) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Greenwich, Connecticut, and daughters, Judy Minogue (Jim) of Reston, Virginia, Jenny O'Neil (Jerry) of Kirkwood, Missouri, Mary Godofsky (David) of Oakton, Virginia, and Elizabeth Tooley (David) of Frontenac, Missouri, and 15 grandchildren: Ned (Ashley), Sarah (Tommy), Rebecca, and Genevieve Warner; Megan, Ryan (Nina), and Kevin Minogue; Patrick (Meg), Kevin, and Dan O'Neil; Alex (Elaine), Peter, and Steven Godofsky; Ted and Katie Tooley; and many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass celebrating Ted's life will be held at the Church of the Annunziata, 9305 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO, on June 10, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., with visitation from 10:15 a.m. For many years, he served as a Lector and Eucharistic Minister for the parish. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Ted can be made to Memorial Tributes, St. Louis University High School, 4970 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, and the CRUDEM Foundation, online at http://crudem.org/you-can-help/give/. A service of KRIEGSHAUSER BROTHERS FUNERAL SERVICE, St. Louis, Missouri.