Share Gertrude Oliphant's obituary with others.
Invite friends and family to read the obituary and add memories.
Stay updated
We'll notify you when service details or new memories are added.
You're now following this obituary
We'll email you when there are updates.
Please select what you would like included for printing:
1914
Gertrude
1998
Gertrude Oliphant
September 5, 1914 — December 23, 1998
Listen to Obituary
GERTRUDE
OLIPHANT was born on September 5, 1914 at Scotch Grove, Iowa the daughter of Clarence Alden and Mary (Tritten) Sackett. She was united in marriage to John Oliphant on June 11, 1932 in Galena, Illinois. Gertrude died on Wednesday, December 23, 1998 at her home in Waterloo, Iowa at 84 years of age.
She is survived by her husband, John of Waterloo; two daughters, Carol Oliphant of Cedar Falls and Dolores Good and her husband Jim of Waterloo; seven grandchildren, Lynn, Linda, Dawn, Bret, Lori, Lisa and Tina; nine great-grandchildren, Jennifer, Janice, Toni, Megan, Christopher, Sarah, Melanie, Mindy, John and a surrogate granddaughter, Nancy Heise and one brother, Robert Sackett of Waterloo.
Gertrude was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Barbara MacLennan; one grandson, Jimmy, four sisters, Martha, Esther, Mildred and Juanita and three brothers, Elmer, Howard and Lyle.
Funeral services were held 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 28, 1998 at the funeral home with burial at Elmwood Cemetery in Waterloo, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the family.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Gertrude Oliphant, please visit our flower store.
Guestbook
Visits: 0
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors