Former Spokane Mayor Jack Geraghty dies at 89: ‘He was very committed to the city of Spokane’

Dec. 9—Jack Geraghty, who served as mayor of Spokane from 1994 to 1997, died Thursday evening in his home with his family by his side. He was 89. Before he was mayor, Geraghty was a journalist, public relations consultant and statesman with a deep commitment to the city he called home. As a father, Geraghty instilled a sense of civic duty in his four daughters, who would be nicknamed the …