Memorials may be made to St. Charles Meals on Wheels or St. John's Mercy Hospice. Hays, Edwin E. "Ed", of St. Charles, Missouri, died on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the age of 85. Dear husband of the late Ruth Smith Hays; dear son of the late Samuel and Mary Ann Hays; dear father of Mary (James) Hays Warmbrodt; loving grandfather of Taylor Ann Warmbrodt and Anna Bihua Warmbrodt; dear brother of the late Martha Fahey, the late Glennis "Bud" Hays, and the late Oliver Hays. He was retired as an Accountant at Monsanto in St Louis. He enjoyed Blue Grass music, NASCAR, and his cat, Jack. He served in the United States Army as a Technical Sergeant during WWII. He was affiliated with the 8th Air Force Historical Society.