Erin Evangeline Wilson Mcmahon

1989 - 2017

September 2, 2017
Erin Evangeline Wilson McMahon of Prairie Village, Kansas was energetic, thoughtful and devoted to her friends and family. Her spontaneity and wicked sense of humor made even mundane tasks fun, say her family and friends, who remember how her impish grin and infectious laugh filled the room.

But she also had an ambitious side, at both work and play. She was a software consultant for Wolters Kluwer, and at 27, already had compiled a bucket list and checked off several items. However, the one item she couldn't cross off was "sing an entire song in tune."

Erin was a native of San Antonio and graduate of Clark High School, where she was a drum major for the Cougar Band. She died Sept. 2 in an ATV accident in Englewood, Kansas.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Kansas, where she worked as a teaching assistant in the math department. It was at another job, at a restaurant, where she met the love of her life, Drew. They were married in 2014, and together traveled and spent leisure time with friends and family -- grilling, watching Nebraska football or KU basketball, and playing board games. Erin was a master of Scattergories and Cards Against Humanity, and her answers were greeted with howls of laughter.

She had a creative side, writing poetry as a youth. She loved design, Facetiming friends and relatives to discuss and compare fashion and home decorating. She worked hard to stay healthy and enjoyed finding ways, as her family says, to make "bad food" good. She explained her music choices by saying, "Who doesn't love '80s music?"

Erin would remember even passing comments from friends and relatives, make notes, and then match the comments with gifts that touched the recipients with their thoughtfulness. She was loving and joyful, and invested so much of herself in those she cared about.

Erin was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Mark McMahon.

She is survived by her husband, Drew McMahon; parents, Ronald V. Wilson and Nancy Floeck Wilson of San Antonio; mother-in-law, Gayle McMahon of Wichita; sister, Alix Wilson of San Antonio; brother, Robert Wilson of Charlottesville, Va.; sisters-in-law, Paige McMahon of Prairie Village and Brooke McMahon of Wichita; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

A Memorial Service will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, September 7th at Old Mission United Methodist Church, 5519 State Park Road, Fairway, KS 66205, with a visitation from 9:30 am -10:30 am prior to the service at the church. A reception will follow the service. Donations may be made to the Idalia Harmon Memorial Scholarship Fund at Oak Hills Presbyterian Church, 6739 Callaghan Road, San Antonio, Texas 78229. Online condolences may be left at www.mcgilleyhoge.com. Arr: McGilley & Hoge Chapel (913) 642-3565.