Erin Hanlon Obituary
Erin met the love of her life, Colin, at Pinkerton Academy in 1986. For 40 years, they built the most beautiful partnership and family. In 1991, Erin graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where she received her Bachelors degree in Hospitality, and made life-long friendships with her Alpha Xi Delta sorority sisters. Erin traveled to Maui, Hawaii after college and Colin followed her soon after. There, they spent 26 beautiful years. She carried her friends Trish, Janna, Lynn, and Chad with her always.
Erin dedicated her life to her children, MaryKate, Emma, and John Michael. She was the proudest mother. Her best friend and sister, Emily, made her laugh the hardest. Some of her fondest memories were made spending time in Georgia with her sister and her nieces, Ella and Hazel. She held us together.
She loved Caspian Lake, maple creamies, her dog Oliver, yellow roses, reading, gardening, learning to quilt, and spending time with her Hampstead friends. We remember her at her happiest: surrounded by Colin and her babies, on the dock in the morning, watching the loons float by on the lake.
There will be a Memorial Service on July 16th, 2025 from 4:00-6:00 PM at the La Belle Winery in Derry, New Hampshire. All who cared for Erin are invited to attend.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to: https://gofund.me/fec19919
J.N. Boufford & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. For more information and online guestbook please visit www.bouffordfuneralhome.com
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Katherine Hurst
July 16, 2025
I have the sweetest memories of being with your entire family in New Hampshire and then with Erin and Colin in Hawaii with Emily. Erin was kind, beautiful, funny, and the most welcoming person. I cannot imagine the heartbreak that you and the kids are feeling, Colin. And Emily to lose your sweet "other half" is just unimaginable. You all will continue to be in my prayers. Love to you all.
Cammy (Meyers) Fraser
July 14, 2025
I had the extreme pleasure of knowing Erin way back at Alpha Xi Delta. She had an incredible gift to share with people, a soft way of noticing things in others that folks tended to overlook. I got to work with her and her pledge class and got to know her as a fabulous young woman and spend the next couple of years with her before I graduated in 1990. A few years ago, I reconnected with her on Facebook and we shared Some fabulous moments about our families and adult life. It´s incredible when you know someone from your youth and are able to reconnect and see all of the great things within them and how they grew through throughout the years. I´m so sorry to hear of her passing. I will keep you all in my prayers.
Matt Ivey
July 14, 2025
I will always remember days at your family's house and everyone being there. What an incredible loss. This is a shock and I'm thinking of you all. Great memories that still resonate today. XOXO
Brian Hawker
July 14, 2025
John, words cannot express how sorry I am for you and your family.
While I never had the privilege of meeting your mother, she sounds like an amazing person.
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Janie Layne Parry
July 14, 2025
Sending condolences to the family.
Nita (Anderson) Boucher
July 14, 2025
My deepest condolences to Erin´s whole family and to all her friends and acquaintances. She was truly one of the kindest and most genuine people I´ve had the pleasure of knowing. I just remember her in high school being so happy and giving off such positive vibes. I´m sure it carried on into adulthood. The handful of times I´ve run into her and Colin proved she hadn´t changed. I pray her family can find peace and treasure each and every moment they had with her. I am just so sorry. It was an honor knowing her.
Danielle Chatham (formerly Chulack)
July 13, 2025
I remember when you all came to stayed with us, in Epsom NH. MaryKate, Emma, and our daughter Carly Chulack were young girls at the time. It was the first I had heard the love story of Erin and Colin and the way Erin told it I´ll always remember
It seems to me, that if we love, we grieve
That's the deal. That's the pact
Grief and love are forever intertwined
Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love
And, like love, grief is non-negotiable
There is a vastness to grief
That overwhelms our minuscule selves
We are tiny, trembling clusters of atoms
Subsumed within grief's awesome presence
It occupies the core of our being
And extends through our fingers to the limits of the universe
Within that whirling gyre all manner of madnesses exist
Ghosts and spirits and dream visitations
And everything else that we, in our anguish, will into existence
These are precious gifts
That are as valid and as real as we need them to be
They are the spirit guides that lead us out of the darkness -nick cave
May time and fond memories, bring you all peace Danielle Chatham (formerly Chulack)
Patricia Chase - Perkins
July 12, 2025
My condolences to the family...
Patty Chase-perkins class of 1987
Mike Conroy
July 12, 2025
My Condolences to the family
Nancy Harris
July 12, 2025
You all wrote an amazing and fitting tribute to your mom. I can´t imagine how hard that was to do. I met Erin several times many years ago Pinkerton/UNH. Her sweetness was always present. I was childhood friends into young adulthood with the Hanlon brothers, and graduated with Sean from PA who will always be close in my heart. My deepest condolences to you. Having an incredible mother is special. I hope Colin will heal; my love to him and all of you.
Nancy Harris
Peter, Mary and Lara Chulack
July 11, 2025
The Chulack Family sends our deepest condolences to Colin and family. Please know you all are in our thoughts and prayers.
Alison Dugas Guasch
July 11, 2025
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