John "Wernie" Hoefert Sr.

John "Wernie" Hoefert Sr., age 77, of Alton, died at 5:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, with his family by his side. He was born on Nov. 2, 1927, in Alton, the son of the late Harold and Clara Taphorn Hoefert. He married Yvonne Kesl on Oct. 3, 1953, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in...