Sharon Hilda Garfield

She was born to Elmer and Elvira (nee Dohrmann) Hofstetter on September 5th, 1950 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She was raised on the family farm and attended Dupo, Illinois elementary and high school, graduating in 1969. She went to work after high school at United Postal Savings and Loan where she was a teller. She met and later married John Garfield. They lived in Dupo for one year then moved to Columbia, Illinois, where they eventually started a family.

Sharon was a very busy mother to Lisa Marie, Lori Ann, and Christina Mary. After joining St. Paul Lutheran Church in Columbia, she was very active in Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and the Finance Board. Throughout her daughters' school years in the Columbia school system, she was a member of the PTA, Music Boosters, and participated in the field trips and various other activities. After her daughters were raised, she took great joy in babysitting and spending time with her grandchildren. They were her light! She and John eventually moved to O’Fallon, Missouri and continued spending time with her family and her two pets, Cher and Charlotte.

Those left to mourn her death are her husband, John Garfield, children, Lisa Edwards and husband Tim, Lori Chenot and husband Marc, Christina Schmitt and husband Robert, and grandchildren, Elise, Emery, Sophie, Weston, Belle, Keaton, and Remington.

Sharon is preceded in death by her parents and Brother, Herbert.

Visitation will be from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, Illinois.

Funeral will be at 10:30 am on Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, Illinois, there is an additional visitation one hour prior to funeral.

Interment will follow at Valhalla Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, Illinois.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.ValhallaGardensandFuneralHome.com for the Garfield family.