{"id":1407,"date":"2013-10-01T16:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2013-10-01T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:47:30","slug":"joseph-p-sexton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1407","title":{"rendered":"Joseph P. Sexton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Joseph P. \u201cJoe\u201d Sexton \u2013 51 \u2013 of Jamestown, NY, formerly of Hornell, died unexpectedly on Friday (September 27, 2013) in Jamestown.<\/p>\n

Born in Hornell on May 5, 1962, he was the son of Thomas & Kathleen (Conkey) Sexton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joe grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1980).\u00a0 While in high school, Joe excelled in sports — playing baseball & basketball for the Hornell Red Raiders.\u00a0 He actually pitched a perfect game (no player reaching first base) while playing in the Hornell Babe Ruth League.<\/p>\n

He was a veteran of the US Air Force, serving his country from 1982-1984 primarily being stationed in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following his discharge from the Air Force, Joe returned to Hornell where he resided for several years and has lived in Jamestown for the past 15 years.\u00a0 Joe had been a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and a communicant of St. Ignatius Loyola Church.<\/p>\n

While living in Jamestown, he was employed as a drill press operator for a local company for about 3 years retiring after suffering a devastating industrial accident.<\/p>\n

Joe was a sports enthusiast and love watching sporting events on television, especially baseball, basketball & football.<\/p>\n

He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Sexton who died in 1995.<\/p>\n

Joe was married to the former Patricia \u201cTrish\u201d Buono who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are his daughter, Danielle (Chris) Brewer of Hornell; his son, Joseph (Valerie) Sexton of Hornell; his mother, Kathleen Sexton of Hornell; his sister, Joan (Jim) Lecceardone of Hornell; his brother, James (Teresa) Sexton of Hornell; 3 grandsons, Logan Sexton, Damien Sexton and Christian Brewer; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

The family of Joseph P. \u201cJoe\u201d Sexton will receive friends on Thursday from 4:00 PM \u2013 6:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY where a Memorial Service will be held at the conclusion of calling hours at 6:00 PM with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.<\/p>\n

In recognition of Joe\u2019s military service, the American Flag at the Dagon Funeral Home will be flown at half-staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph P. \u201cJoe\u201d Sexton \u2013 51 \u2013 of Jamestown, NY, formerly of Hornell, died unexpectedly on Friday (September 27, 2013) in Jamestown. Born in Hornell on May 5, 1962, he was the son of Thomas & Kathleen (Conkey) Sexton.\u00a0 Joe grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1980).\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}