Cheryl Lynn Edwards (née Rupp), age 77, died peacefully on May 12, 2025, in Buffalo, Minn.
Private graveside services will be held at Pleasant View Cemetery, near Annandale.
Born on February 16, 1948, in Slayton, Minn., Cheryl grew up with a rebel spirit that shaped her journey through life. She was a woman of endless interests and creativity. She graduated from Burnsville High School in 1966, after which she completed a term at St. Cloud State University and pursued successful careers in sales and real estate. She was a master gardener, finding both serenity and purpose in the natural world. She embraced her role of grandmother with zeal. In her spare time, she enjoyed painting, reading, bowling, fishing, baking, sewing, bingo, music, foraging and storytelling. Cheryl will be remembered for many infinite details, among them her wicked cribbage game, her famous hermit cookies, her quiet compassion and her beautiful laughter.
Cheryl is preceded in death by her parents, Calvin Rupp, and Norma and Carroll Meek, and her late husbands Karl Edwards and Rodney Carlson.
She is survived by her loving children Martin Holm (Jennifer), Eleise Jones (Zachary Silbersher) and Katherine Eggen (Ronald); stepsons Karl Edwards (Ellen) and Tom Edwards (Kari); her many cherished grandchildren; her siblings Larry, Douglas and Steven Rupp, and Laurel Miller; her previous husbands Daniel Holm and Verne Jones; and friends and extended family in the Twin Cities, Annandale, and Phoenix, Ariz.
Cheryl’s legacy lives on through the lives she touched with her humor and tenderness.
The family extends heartfelt thanks to the dedicated caregivers at Annandale Care Center and Park View Care Center in Buffalo, whose kindness eased her journey. Memorials preferred to the Lewy Body Dementia Association.
Obituary and Guestbook are online at www.dingmannfuneral.com.