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Available reporting identifies Erika Kirk’s parents as Lori Frantzve (her mother) and Kent Frantzve (her father); coverage consistently says Lori raised Erika in Scottsdale after a post‑birth divorce ...
Erika (née Frantzve) Kirk’s parents are identified in multiple profiles as Kent (or Carl/Kent) Frantzve — her father — and Loretta Ann “Lori” Frantzve — her mother; reporting says Lori raised Erika af...
Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) is the daughter of Lori Frantzve and Kent Frantzve; reporting says she was raised primarily by her mother after her parents’ divorce and that her father has business ties to ...
Public reporting identifies Erika (née Frantzve) Kirk’s parents as Lori and Kent Frantzve and describes Lori as a longtime GE employee who later founded network-security companies and Kent as a busine...
Erika (née Frantzve) Kirk was born November 20, 1988, and grew up in metro Phoenix—specifically Scottsdale—raised primarily by her mother in a Catholic household after her parents’ divorce . She is a ...
Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) is the daughter of Lori Frantzve and Kent Frantzve; her mother, Lori, worked nearly two decades at General Electric before founding companies in the network‑security sector, ...
Erika Kirk’s father is publicly identified in multiple outlets as Kent Frantzve, a private businessman and investor who — according to reporting — founded a private investment firm called CKF Group, L...
Available reporting indicates Erika (née Frantzve) Kirk was raised in Scottsdale, Arizona by parents Kent and Lori Frantzve and has at least one named sister, Tonya, according to some outlets; multipl...
Lori Frantzve, identified as Erika Kirk’s mother, is publicly reported to have a professional background in after a long career at General Electric; several profiles say she founded multiple companies...
Lori Frantzve is repeatedly identified in recent reporting as the mother of Erika Kirk (born Erika Frantzve) and a longtime professional who worked nearly two decades at General Electric before foundi...
Erika Kirk’s mother, Lori Frantzve, built her business career after a long corporate stint at General Electric and then founded multiple companies in the network security industry, according to report...
Erika Kirk’s publicly documented first and only recorded marriage was to Charlie Kirk, and multiple reputable summaries report that they married on in Scottsdale after dating beginning in 2018; no ver...
Multiple contemporary news accounts identify as Erika (Erika/Erika spelled inconsistently across outlets) Kirk’s mother, describing her as the single parent who raised Erika in Scottsdale, Arizona aft...
Available reporting ties Erika (sometimes spelled “Erika”/“Erika”) Kirk’s public church connections to Catholic communities (baptism and recent Catholic involvement) and to friendships with evangelica...
There is confirming that Erika Kirk has notable siblings beyond one contested mention of a sister named Tonya Lynn Frantzve; major profiles and reporting focus instead on her parents, her late husband...
Public reporting identifies Erika Lane Kirk (née Frantzve) as born November 20, 1988, raised in Scottsdale, Arizona by a single mother in a Catholic household, and the daughter of Kent/Carl/Kent(?) Fr...
Available reporting indicates Lori Frantzve is described as white/Caucasian and connected to a family with Swedish ancestry: multiple profiles call her “Caucasian” or note a Swedish immigrant grandfat...
Multiple reputable profiles list Erika Kirk’s birth name as Erika Frantzve (often given in full as Erika Lane Frantzve) and give her date of birth as November 20, 1988 (age 36–37 in 2025 reporting) . ...
Charlie and Erika (Erika) Kirk were married on May 8, 2021, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and multiple mainstream outlets report that both shared photos from their wedding on social media . Reporting across...
Erika Kirk (born Erika Lane Frantzve) was raised primarily by her mother, Lori Frantzve, after her parents divorced soon after her 1988 birth; Lori worked nearly two decades at General Electric and la...