Sharon L. Oliphant
Sharon L. Oliphant 68, Tippecanoe, passed away at on Thursday May 28, 2015, in Cedar City, Utah.
She was born on Sept. 6, 1946, in Canadaigua, N.Y., the daughter of Lewis J. and Norma (Wittrup) Thurber Rossborough. On March 30, 1999, in Rowley, Iowa, she married Wendell Oliphant and he survives.
Mrs. Oliphant currently was serving as a transport driver for Indiana Transport delivering recreational vehicles across the country. Earlier in life she worked many years as an over the road truck driver having driven in forty eight states, Canada and Mexico enjoying over thirty five years of accident free driving. She had also worked as a dispatcher for Triple S Transportation in Tippecanoe.
Survivors include her husband: Wendell Oliphant, Tippecanoe; children: Betty Morrical, Melbourne, Fla.; Donna (Warren) Dustin, Malabar, Fla.; Richard (Robert Caires) Buchholz, Bremerton, Wash.; Cindy (Michael) Laabs, Rochester; Leanne Marriott, Titusville, Fla; stepchildren: Garrett (Linda) Oliphant, Rowley, Iowa; Darren (Tabitha) Dustin, Juneau, Wis.; four additional stepchildren; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sister: Eula (David) Cantatore, Rochester, N.Y.; brothers: Don (Meredith) Rossborough, N.Y.; and Christian Rossborough, Rochester, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, and one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Oliphant Cemetery, Center Point, Iowa.