JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — The Jefferson R-7 School District community was shocked by the sudden death of Andrea Hammock, a longtime administrative assistant on the high school counseling staff.
Hammock, 44, of Bonne Terre, who also was secretary to the R-7 Board of Education, died June 7 of complications from a knee injury she sustained in May.
The community has rallied around her family, collecting donations through the district’s Blue Jay Foundation.
“She was always great to work with, always very professional,” District Superintendent David Haug said. “She was very quiet, and her way was to be in the background, making sure things got done and went smoothly. Her greatest strength was the way she unselfishly went about her business. Her goal was to ease the way for others to have success.”
Hammock, widowed in 2005 when her two daughters were young, became an integral part of the R-7 community.
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