Barbara J (Higgins) Oliphant

  Barbara Jean Oliphant, 90, of Dixon, died Friday, February 6, 2015 at K.S.B. Hospital in Dixon.

  She was employed by Centel Telephone Company for 35 years retiring as Assistant Manager of the Dixon Office in 1989.

  She was born March 18, 1924 in Decatur, IL, the daughter of Vernon and Lillian Higgins.  She married Maxwell Oliphant on March 18, 1940 in Cedar Rapids, IA.  He preceded her in death on January 30, 2007.

  She is survived by her daughter, Maxine Porter of Dixon; a son in-law:  Wayne Wells of Belvidere; a brother, Wilson (Betty) Higgins of Tennesee; six grandchildren:  Jeff (Debi) Wells of Colorado Springs, CO, Paula Wells of Belvidere, IL, James (Suzi McCullough) Porter, Anita (Robert) Mezo, David (Desiree) Porter and John Porter all of Dixon; great grandchildren:  Zehn Porter, Chloe Porter, Brooklyn Johns, Kennedy Johns and Chelsea Mezo; a great great granddaughter, Sophie Mezo; and special friends:  Phil & Evelyn Cornwell.

  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; a daughter, Betty Wells; two brothers:  Roger and Howard Higgins; three sisters:  June Lerdall, Lucy Hayden and an infant sister Beulah Delight and one great grandson, Chad Mezo.

  A visitation will be held from 10 AM until Noon Tuesday at the Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

  Funeral services will be held at Noon Tuesday at the funeral home.  Rev. Frank Langhoff of Immanuel Lutheran Church will officiate.

  Interment will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon.

  Memorials may be directed to Serenity Hospice.

  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.chapelhilldixon.com