Sharon Kavanagh of Eden Valley died Thursday, Sept. 30, at Fairview Hospital, U of M campus, after a brief and severe respiratory battle. She was 58. 
A gathering of family and friends will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at the Daniel-Anderson Funeral Home in Paynesville.
Sharon Rose Weiland was born May 2, 1963, in Waconia to Walter and Virginia (McMahon) Weiland. She married Bill Kavanagh on Aug. 30, 1996, at St. Bonifacius Catholic Church in St. Bonifacius, Minn. She worked for Cold Spring Brewing Company for 13 years, and most recently for Native X in St. Cloud. Sharon will be remembered for her baking and cooking, and for her love of classic movies and reading books. She also loved to travel, especially with Bill, in the Midwest. She enjoyed visiting friends and relatives, and she and her group of friends from high school remained close.
Sharon was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her loving husband Bill Kavanagh of Eden Valley, twin sons Elijah Kavanagh of Norfolk, Va., and Noah Kavanagh of Paynesville, daughter Lindsey Kavanagh of Paynesville, and brother Robert (and Lisa) Weiland and their family of Cologne, Minn.
Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers. Arrangements are with Daniel Funeral Home.