Jean Laura Sexton

LONE TREE ? Jean Laura Sexton, 84, of Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Lone Tree, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011.

Graveside memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 29, at the Lone Tree Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Following the committal services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship will be held at the Lone Tree American Legion Post 457. Memorials may be directed to the Jean Sexton memorial fund. The Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree is handling the arrangements.

Mrs. Sexton was born June 24, 1926, in rural Louisa County, the daughter of Coyt M. and Velma V. (Stratton) Westfall. She married Maynard H. Sexton on Oct. 26, 1945, in Iowa City at her parents? farm.

She was a teller and bookkeeper at the Lone Tree Savings Bank. She was a member of the Lone Tree American Legion Auxiliary, and she attended the United Presbyterian Church when she visited Lone Tree.

Surviving are one son, Coyt M. Sexton and wife Bobbi of Mesa, Ariz.; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Kenneth P. Westfall and wife Vera Jean of Hollister, Mo., and Gerald C. Westfall and wife Shirley of Jacksonville, Mo.; two sisters, Joann M. Pomeroy and husband Glen C. of Orlando, Fla., and Judy V. Evans and husband Terry G. of St. Paul, Ark.; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and one brother.