Steimel died at the House of Grace in Denham Springs in the spring of 2016 at the age of ninety-four.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/15441902-65/ed-steimel-who-left-his-mark-on-public-policy-in-louisiana-dies-at-age-94|author=Danielle Maddox Kinchen|title=Ed Steimel, who left his mark on public policy in Louisiana, dies at age 94|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref> Steimel, his wife Mary, and daughter Phyllis are interred at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edward-j-steimel&pid=179575778&fhid=11073|title=Edward J. Steimel obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 11, 2016}}</ref> | Steimel died at the House of Grace in Denham Springs in the spring of 2016 at the age of ninety-four.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/15441902-65/ed-steimel-who-left-his-mark-on-public-policy-in-louisiana-dies-at-age-94|author=Danielle Maddox Kinchen|title=Ed Steimel, who left his mark on public policy in Louisiana, dies at age 94|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref> Steimel, his wife Mary, and daughter Phyllis are interred at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edward-j-steimel&pid=179575778&fhid=11073|title=Edward J. Steimel obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 11, 2016}}</ref> |