Chris Kuhl
March 1, 1958 – November 11, 2025
Robert Christopher Kuhl – Chris to his family and friends – was born in Baltimore, MD, on March 1, 1958, at St. Agnes Hospital, to Robert Emmett Kuhl and Marlene Margaret Kuhl. He passed unexpectedly after a brief illness on November 11, 2025, at the age of 67, also at St. Agnes Hospital.
Chris was a happy, gregarious and adventurous child. With little age difference between them, and growing up in a small row house in Edmondson Heights, Chris was very close to his sister and brother from the start, and remained so throughout his life. In those days, with little of interest to children on TV but cartoons, Chris spent most time outdoors, playing hide-and-seek and tag with his siblings and the many other children and friends in the neighborhood, riding bikes and skate boards in the alleys, finding turtles in the local woods, playing ball with his dad at the local playing fields, or wiffle ball in the alley with friends or step ball on the front steps, and in the winters, sledding on steep, icy alleys that were roughly comparable to treacherous luge runs but with galvanized trash cans as obstacles. (He bore a scar for life on his chin from a memorable sledding “jump,” although it was obscured in later years by a most remarkable beard.) Like any good Baltimorean, he was a capable duckpin bowler when he was a kid, with his dad taking the children to Fairlanes on Liberty Road on Saturdays, although most likely his favorite part of that sport was stopping for ice cream or a sundae on the ride home. While perhaps not voluntary, Chris’s life was further enriched, at least in the eyes of his father, by mandatory family drives to every local battlefield, dam and park in Maryland. In later years he acknowledged he was glad he was made to do it.
Chris attended grade school at St. William of York, on Cooks Lane. And yes, with his brother and sister, he did have to walk to school – uphill – for a mile (maybe not both ways). He attended high school at Cardinal Gibbons. He loved both of his schools and the many friends he had there. The nuns and brothers may have wished for perhaps a greater focus from Chris on the academic side than the social, but he proceeded capably through both and looked back with fond memories of his schools, and his classmates, some who remained his friends for life.
Chris loved his mom and dad immensely but was eager to leave the home and get on with life after graduating. He worked for a number of years at UPS. Chris then married and made his way to Florida, where he built and operated a sprinkler installation business for the next 30 years. His daughter, Amy, was born shortly after the move. While his parents and brother and sister missed having Chris close in Baltimore, the family visited him often, and he dutifully returned to Baltimore for every important event, and to Hatteras, North Carolina, for the yearly family highlight – vacationing at the beach, the memories of which Chris cherished.
Chris loved to travel, particularly in the American west. He drove across country with his good friend, Bruce, in the early 80’s, visiting nearly every national park, and later went on numerous trips with his brother, Eric, driving thousands of miles and camping in isolated off-road locales. Later, after his daughter Amy had grown and moved to England, Chris made once or twice yearly trips, along with his mother, to visit Amy and his two beloved grandchildren, Arthur and Rowan. The scenery and locations of his travels were always fun, but what meant the most to Chris was that the trips kept him close to his family.
Eventually Chris moved back to Maryland to be closer to family. He quickly renewed relationships with his old Baltimore friends, and made many, many new ones upon his return. Chris cherished his friends, and it is a hallmark of Chris’s character that he could easily make friends wherever he went. He was disarming and a bit of a charmer; he loved talking to people and they loved talking to him.
Chris’s untimely passing leaves a huge void among his family and friends, and we will miss him immensely. Chris is survived by his mother, Marlene Kuhl, and by his loving daughter, Amy Limerick (Jack), and dear siblings, Eileen Marie Kuhl (Robert Youngs) and Eric Alan Kuhl (Robin), as well as his cherished grandsons, Arthur Limerick and Rowan Limerick, and nephews, Henry Kuhl and Frank Kuhl (Maggie).
Family and friends may gather at Candle Light Funeral Home, 1835 Frederick Road, Catonsville, MD 21228, for a Memorial Gathering on Saturday, November, 22, 2025 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm with a Memorial Service taking place at 2:45 pm, and a reception to follow at Mathews 1600, at 1600 Frederick Road, Catonsville, MD 21228.
In lieu of flowers, charitable donations may be made in Chris’s memory to his beloved Cape Hatteras National Seashore, through a check payable to:
National Park Service, Outer Banks Group, 1401 National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954
Or alternatively, a donation to Saint Agnes Hospital at the website below, whose Intensive Care Unit provided superb care and compassion to Chris in his final days:
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