Annabelle Hoffarth June 6, 1930 - July 4, 2024 Hecker, Illinois - Annabelle M. Hoffarth, nee Creekpaum, 94, of Hecker, IL, born June 6, 1930, in Vergennes, IL, died Thursday, July 4, 2024, at Bria of Columbia, Columbia, IL. Annabelle was born in Vergennes, IL, and grew up in cousins. and Dowell, IL. She moved to East St. Louis, IL, at the age of 12. At the age of 17, she began working at Southwestern Bell Telephone (Illinois Bell) on the switchboard and retired in 1985, after 38 years. Annabelle enjoyed reading, knitting, sewing, embroidery, and quilting. She was a lifetime member of the AT&T Pioneers, a member of the American Legion of Smithton Auxiliary, the Smithton Senior Center, and the Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Robert Hoffarth, Sr., whom she married on January 20, 1951, and who died on June 23, 2012; a son, Robert L. Hoffarth Jr; a granddaughter, Jennifer Hunt; her parents, Herman and Thelma, nee Burroughs,

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