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Garret R. Oliphant

OLIPHANT THOMAS GOODPASTOR

Posted By: diane beier (email)
Date: 4/28/2022 at 17:31:02

Garret R. “Gary” Oliphant, 62, of Rowley, IA died on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

Gary was born on September 9, 1959, in Vinton, IA. He was raised by his parents, Wendell R. and Joanne M. (Thomas) Oliphant, on their family farm in rural Rowley, IA. He was a 1978 graduate of the East Buchanan High School in Winthrop, IA. On November 29, 1980, He married Linda Kay Russ in Bennet, IA. They made their home together in Rowley, IA where they farmed for several years. Gary worked for several years for Brandon Electric Motors, and later Tyson Foods in Waterloo, IA. In 2006 he took a job as a truck driver for Nutriject Systems Inc in Hudson, IA. He worked there for many years and became a project manager for several years.

Gary had a passion for antique tractors. He had a small collection of tractors he maintained and of toy tractor replicas he admired and dreamt to have someday.

He loved spending time with his family. They went on a fishing trip to Horseshoe Lake in Minnesota every year. He spent hours teaching his children and grandchildren how to fish. He liked to see his grandchildren smile and took any opportunity he had to tease them.

He is survived by his wife Linda Oliphant, Rowley, IA, his father, Wendall Oliphant, his children, JoBeth (James) Goodpastor, Fortuna, ND, Donvon (Joanne) Oliphant, Independence, IA, and Zachary (Kristy) Oliphant, Wheatland, IA, eleven grandchildren: Hannah, Elijah, Dinah, Joshua, Haakon, Drake, Lacie, Ethon, Logan, Kilee, and Isabelle, and a great-grandchild, AJ.

Gary is preceded in death by his mother Joanne Oliphant.

A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, April 23, at 2:30 PM at the Reiff Family Center – Funeral Home & Crematory in Independence, IA. Visitation will be held from 11 AM until the service on Saturday.


 

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