Harold Dean Sexton, Jr., age 60, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of White Oak, Texas, died March 4, 2020 in Topeka, Kansas.

Memorial services will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2020 at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Matt Broxterman officiating. Interment of cremated remains will follow at 2:30 p.m. in Leavenworth National Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the First Christian Church Food Pantry and may be left in care of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with whom cremation care has been entrusted. Online condolences may be shared at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Dean was born on May 26, 1959, in Clovis, New Mexico, the son of Harold Dean Sexton, Sr. and Mary Evelyn (Regnary) Sexton. He attended Franklin Grade School and graduated from Atchison High School in 1977.

He and Katherine “Kathy” Stogsdill were united in marriage and later divorced.

He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force from June 9, 1977 until his honorable discharge on December 15, 1982.

Dean was employed at several restaurants in Texas, before he relocated to Kansas, in 2006. He worked in the Sporting Goods Department at Walmart in Topeka, Kansas. He donated his time in Topeka and rang bells for the Salvation Army.

Dean was a member of the First Christian Church in Atchison, Kansas. He enjoyed hunting and fishing; he was especially talented in woodworking, crafting clocks and plaques that he sold at the Topeka Farmers Market.

He is survived by his son, Harold Dean Sexton, III, White Oak, TX; his mother, Mary Sexton, Atchison, KS; two brothers, Douglas Sexton, Atchison, KS, Stephen Sexton, Hutchinson, KS; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dean Sexton, Sr., and a brother, Dwight Sexton.