SARATOGA SPRINGS —Dawn J. McMahon, 88, passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at Wesley Nursing Home, after spending her last 25 years living at Embury Apartments on the Wesley campus. She was born in Oneida, New York on January 20, 1936 to Ralph Urben and Bernice Bea Bouveau. She moved to Saratoga Springs as a young teenager and loved the city where she would grow up. She attended St. Clement’s and St. Peter’s schools. She would marry and have four children at a young age, and was always a proud and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved the house on Nelson Avenue where she spent most of her life, and would often make treats for many of the neighborhood kids that would come around to play with her own children. After raising her children, she decided to take classes at the local Saratoga BOCES to start her own cosmetology career, of which she was so proud. She still loved working with children and was a much- loved teacher’s aide in the Saratoga Springs City School system for several years. She would later meet and marry a man with whom she would spend the remaining years of her life, traveling to Florida and finally settling in the apartment that she loved on the top floor of the Embury East tower, where she enjoyed the fantastic view over the city that she cherished and knew so well.
She is predeceased by her husband, Patrick McMahon (April 2012); her brother, Bruce Urben (April 2023); her oldest daughter, Michelle (Nichols) Meisburger (January 2017); and her grandson, Shawn Nichols (September 1992).
She is survived by her son, Michael (Robin) Nichols of Wilton; her daughter, Melody (John) Jaenisch of Florida; and her son, Mark Holiday of Saratoga Springs. She is also survived by her granddaughters, Miranda (Frank) Luman and Ariana Scheidt, both of South Glens Falls; grandsons, Peter (Samantha) Meisburger of Ballston Spa; Eric (Jessie) Nichols of Ft. Edward; David (Caitlin) Nichols of Hudson Falls; and Ryan Nichols of Union City, New Jersey; as well as great-grandchildren, Brandin Luman, Raygen Luman and Graham Meisburger.
Relatives and friends are invited to call from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3 at William J. Burke & Sons/ Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, with a celebration of life to immediately follow at Italian-American Club (ITAM) at 247 Grand Avenue.
Burial at the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, 200 Duell Rd, Schuylerville, NY, will be held later this summer, where she will be buried with her husband Patrick, a veteran of the Korean War.
Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.
