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Paul Howard Sexton

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Paul Howard Sexton Veteran

Birth
Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Death
2 May 2020 (aged 88)
West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
Burial
West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.6762491, Longitude: -91.3515166
Memorial ID
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*Birth/death location, middle name and obituary provided by Familyjoined (47174323) - March 15, 2024.


Paul H. Sexton, 88, passed away suddenly Saturday, May 2, 2020, in West Branch.


Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00, with a service Burial with military honors to follow at the West Branch Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established in his memory.


Funeral services will follow the visitation at 11:00 a.m., Thursday May 7, at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery, West Branch, Iowa.


Paul Howard Sexton was born March 20, 1932, in Johnson County, the son of Harry and Agnes (Jensen) Sexton. He attended Downey and West Branch Schools. Paul serviced with the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. On May 15, 1955, he was united in marriage to Myrtle "Myrt" Cullum in West Branch. Paul had worked at Sanitary Dairy in Iowa City, began and operated Paul Sexton Trucking hauling livestock and grain, Barker Apartments in Iowa City and following his retirement part time with the Fobian family hauling grain. He was a 67 year member of the West Branch American Legion, enjoyed spending time with his family and friends at their cabin in Cedar Bluff where they had many gatherings, he enjoyed tinkering and was a collector of John Deere garden tractors. He and Myrt enjoyed traveling and spending winters in Texas.


Surviving are his wife, Myrt of West Branch; one daughter, Paula (Charlie) Parra of Templeton, CA; one son, Dan Sexton of Cedar Bluff; one grandson, David Musser of West Branch; and one sister, Laura Slach of West Branch.


He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, George, Maynard, Rosco, John, Lawrence, Thomas and Frank Sexton.


Henderson-Barker Funeral Home

*Birth/death location, middle name and obituary provided by Familyjoined (47174323) - March 15, 2024.


Paul H. Sexton, 88, passed away suddenly Saturday, May 2, 2020, in West Branch.


Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00, with a service Burial with military honors to follow at the West Branch Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established in his memory.


Funeral services will follow the visitation at 11:00 a.m., Thursday May 7, at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery, West Branch, Iowa.


Paul Howard Sexton was born March 20, 1932, in Johnson County, the son of Harry and Agnes (Jensen) Sexton. He attended Downey and West Branch Schools. Paul serviced with the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. On May 15, 1955, he was united in marriage to Myrtle "Myrt" Cullum in West Branch. Paul had worked at Sanitary Dairy in Iowa City, began and operated Paul Sexton Trucking hauling livestock and grain, Barker Apartments in Iowa City and following his retirement part time with the Fobian family hauling grain. He was a 67 year member of the West Branch American Legion, enjoyed spending time with his family and friends at their cabin in Cedar Bluff where they had many gatherings, he enjoyed tinkering and was a collector of John Deere garden tractors. He and Myrt enjoyed traveling and spending winters in Texas.


Surviving are his wife, Myrt of West Branch; one daughter, Paula (Charlie) Parra of Templeton, CA; one son, Dan Sexton of Cedar Bluff; one grandson, David Musser of West Branch; and one sister, Laura Slach of West Branch.


He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, George, Maynard, Rosco, John, Lawrence, Thomas and Frank Sexton.


Henderson-Barker Funeral Home



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