Sharon Kathryn Kirwan

Sharon Kathryn Kirwan, 87, Salt Lake City stepped through the veil on September 11, 2018. She was born to Edward Earl Kirwan and Rebecca Hopla on November 30, 1930 in Riverside, Idaho.
She graduated from Blackfoot High School and Brigham Young University. After she graduated from BYU, she served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the West Central States Mission. Upon returning from her mission, she worked in Washington DC for the National Security Agency. When she returned to the West she worked in the housing office at BYU, eventually moving on to the church offices in Salt Lake City. There she worked for several different general authorities including Charles A. Didier, and Dean L. Larson.
She married Dean Shimmin; they later divorced. They had no children.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings Ted, John, Blanche and Richard. Survivors include nephews and nieces Becky (Bob) Hudson, Coralyn Davis and Bonnie (Niel) Martinson; Leslee (Joe) Kirwan-Bothwell and Kelly Kirwan; and Brad Kirwan, Scott (Gloria) Kirwan and Ann (Rhett) Peterson. Also surviving are many great-nephews and great-nieces.
Services will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 11am at the Rose Park Ninth Ward Chapel with Bishop Brad Borden officiating. She will be buried at the East Lawn Cemetery in Provo. The funeral is under the direction of Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary.