Longtime Meeker resident Erika Flaherty died peacefully in her home surrounded by her family after a long illness with dementia.
Erika was born in Bayreuth, Germany, to Emil and Babette Kurzdorfer. She was the youngest of four children.
Erika was preceded in death by; her parents; two brothers, Karl and Lothar; one sister, Elfriede, all from Germany; and her late husband, Dick Flaherty of Meeker.
Erika met and married Donald Wayne Ridgeway in Germany. Donnie…
