Jim Flaherty Obituary

Jim Flaherty attended Eisenhower High School in Yakima, WA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Jim Flaherty.

Graduation Year	Class of 1972
Date of Passing	Jun 10, 2006
About	From his obituary as in The Yakima Herald Republic -James R. Flaherty, 52, of Yakima passed away at his home Monday, July 10,2006. Jim was a man who kept geraniums alive for fifteen years, who planted a stand of aspen in the front yard and grew a giant privet hedge from tiny sticks. He invited friends to make pots of tomato sauce from his vegetable garden and adopted a multitude of homeless animals. He whisked his wife off to New York City on a train and twice traveled to Russia to see the ballet and the Hermitage. He showed old pirate movies to a living-room audience dressed in eye patches and fake swords with stuffed chicken parrots on their shoulders. He loved the art of Matisse, Rothko, and Charles Jones and the poetry of Anna Akhmatova and all things Cheever. Jim was born December 28, 1953 in Helena, MT to Richard and Mary (Morris) Flaherty. Jim attended Yakima Schools and graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1972. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1976 with a major in History. Following that, he was accepted at Willamette University School of Law and completed two years of law school. In Yakima, he worked as a nurse's aide at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital and as a legal assistant at the law firm of Velikanje, Moore & Shore. On June 27, 1989, he married Cynthia A Garrick in Seaview, WA at Souwester Lodge where they returned every year. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Garrick of Yakima, cousins and one nephew. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Jean Zeigler.