Waldo E. Sexton
(1885-1967)

Died aged c. 82

Waldo E. Sexton was born March 23, 1885. He came to Vero Beach in 1914, invested in oceanfront property and planted some of the earliest citrus west of the Indian River. He established his own citrus company, the Indian River Products Company, and built a packinghouse, the Oslo Packing Company. The packing house now known as Oslo Citrus Growers Association is the oldest operating packing house on the Florida East Coast. He started the Vero Beach Dairy and supplied milk to Indian River and St. Lucie Counties. With Arthur G. McKee he planted a 400-acre grove, Oslo Hammock, and developed the McKee Jungle Gardens and the Hall of Giants. He constructed the Driftwood Inn, Ocean Grill and Patio Restaurant, all Vero Beach landmarks. Waldo E. Sexton died December 21, 1967.

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Waldo Emmerson Sexton (23 March 1885 – 28 December 1967) was an entrepreneur whose enterprises have attracted visitors to Vero Beach, Florida, since the 1930s and remain of value to the community, industry, tourists, artists, historians and horticulturalists. He was named to the list of Great Floridians by the Florida Department of State for his agricultural contributions.

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