Debra Kay Sexton 1959-2010

SEXTON NEMITZ

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 2/18/2011 at 13:44:31

Sioux City Journal
28 December 2010

DANBURY, Iowa -- Deb Sexton, 51, of Danbury entered a Sioux City hospital on Thanksgiving and after a short illness passed on Christmas Day 2010, with her husband, Mick, at her side. During this illness, she was always surrounded by family and friends.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury, with the Rev. Terry Roder officiating. Burial will be in Danbury Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with a vigil wake service at 7 p.m., at Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton, Iowa. Visitation will resume 9 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the church.

Debra Kay Nemitz Sexton was born Jan. 11, 1959, to Kenneth and Arlene Nemitz, at the Crawford County Hospital in Denison, Iowa. She was baptized on Feb. 8, 1959 and confirmed on April 15, 1973, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in rural Charter Oak, Iowa. She graduated from Charter Oak High School with the class of 1977 and continued her education by attending Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City majoring in business.

She married Mick Sexton of Danbury on Aug. 20, 1983, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Charter Oak. The couple made their home, raised their daughter, and farmed in rural Danbury. Deb worked at the Maple Motel in Mapleton, the First State Bank in Mapleton, and was currently a long term employee of the Hoffman Insurance Agency in Mapleton.

Deb was confirmed in the Catholic faith in December 2010 and became a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury. She was a dedicated mother and supporter of her daughter Brandi, especially throughout her sporting activities in school, primarily her golfing. She enjoyed visits from her daughter and also taking trips to visit her. She found great pleasure shopping with her mother and sisters as well as escorting her mother to events in the lives of her nieces and nephews. She loved attending family gatherings and was an avid reader of books. Deb was often rightfully described as a kind, thoughtful, and loving person by anyone that knew her.

Those survivors left to cherish their memories of Deb include her husband, Mick; her daughter, Brandi Sexton of Carroll, Iowa and her special friend, Travis Dusenberry; her mother, Arlene (Wellendorf) Nemitz of Charter Oak, Iowa; sister, Natalie Bohlmann and her husband, Dean of Charter Oak; nephews, Brett Bohlmann and his wife, Danielle and daughter, Adrian of Newell, Iowa, and Derek Bohlmann of Charter Oak; sister, Pamela Claussen and her husband, Spencer and niece and nephew, Morgan and Hunter Claussen of Schaller, Iowa; and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Kendall "Skip" and Fern "Cub" Sexton of Danbury, Iowa; along with many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, Kenneth Nemitz; grandparents, Harvey and Ruth Wellendorf and August and Edna Nemitz; and a cousin, Rodney Nemitz.