Maher was killed along with five others in a crash on SR 509 in Colorado on Monday morning.
Author: Madison Wade
Published: 10:14 PM PDT November 6, 2023
Updated: 10:14 PM PDT November 6, 2023
TACOMA, Wash. — Ilona Maher was a rugby player, an accomplished athlete on the USA Women’s Rugby Team.
Maher had just arrived in Glendale on Friday at the newly relocated USA Rugby training center. A few days later, she was on the way to a convention when she was tragically killed in an accident on state Route 508 in Jackson.
Maher was loved by so many, according to family members.
“She was just like, she was literally, she was the family superstar,” Mieneke Maher, her mother, told KING 5 by phone.
Ilona Maher was 27 years old. Campbell says he was a star on the pitch and off the pitch.
Ilona grew up dancing and winning competitions as a kid. She had many passions and was accomplished at a young age.