Sharon Oliphant

SHARON OLIPHANT

Tippecanoe, Ind.

Sharon L. Rossborough Oliphant, 68, of Tippe-canoe, Ind., died Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Cedar City, Utah. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester, Ind., where friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, and one hour before services. Burial will be in Oliphant Cemetery, Center Point, Iowa.

Online condolences may be expressed at www. zimmermanbrosfh.com.

Survivors include her husband, Wendell Oliphant; children, Betty Morrical, Melbourne, Fla., Donna and husband Warren Dustin, Malabar, Fla., Richard Buchholz and husband Robert Caires, Bremerton, Wash., Cindy and husband Michael Laabs, Rochester, Ind., and Leanne Marriott, Titusville, Fla.; brothers, Don and wife Meredith Rossborough, New York, and Christian Rossborough, Rochester, N.Y.; sisters, Eula and husband David Cantatore, Rochester, N.Y.; stepchildren, Garrett and wife Linda Oliphant, Rowley, Iowa, Darren and wife Tabitha Dustin, Juneau, Wis.; four additional stepchildren; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She was born 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. He survives.

Mrs. Oliphant 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 48 states, Canada and Mexico, enjoying over 35 years of accident-free driving. She also had worked as a dispatcher for Triple S Transportation in Tippecanoe, Ind.