Stephen Kuhn
1950-06-11 2005-03-24Falls Church's Stephen Kuhn Dies at Age 54
Stephen Jeffrey Kuhn, 54, lifelong City of Falls Church resident, tied suddenly while playing basketball at the Falls Church Community Center last Thursday Night. Kuhn, known for 30 years as an avid player and coach of Falls Church Recreation Department basketball, is survived by his wife Cynthia and two daughters, Maggie and Katie, both successful players on George Mason High School girls' basketball teams.
Kuhn was employed by Carr America as a project supervisor for the Freedom Foundation's new Newseum under construction on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.
The son of Lloyd and Beverly Kuhn, he was born on June 11, 1950 in Arlington and graduated from Yorktown High School in 1968 and the University of Virginia School of Architecture in 1974.
He is survived by a brother, Bob, who lives in Falls Church with his wife Alix and their sons Kerry, Kevin and Robert, all current or past George Mason High School students.
His wife is chief editor for the D.C. Bar. His daughter Maggie, GMHS Class of 1997, was a point guard on the Mustang basketball team. His daughter Katie, Class of 1999, made the winning shot at the buzzer n the regional final during her junior year when the team won the state championship.
Kuhn was playing a full-court basketball game at the Community Center last Thursday, a weekly ritual for him, when he suddenly collapsed and never regained consciousness.
Funeral services were held in Arlington at the St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Tuesday.
A Personal Remembrance of Steve Kuhn, By Carol Jackson Falls Church News Press, March 31-April 6, 2005 Falls Church residents are in shock to learn that life-long resident, Steve Kuhn, died suddenly at the age of 54, while playing his beloved full court basketball "hoops" game at the City's Community Center this past Thursday night. Witnesses say he fell hard and never regained consciousness nor breath -it is safe to conclude he never knew what hit him. Steve leaves his wife, Cynthia (Toots, as he fondly called her) and his two beloved daughters, Maggie, a 3rd year med student at UVA and Katie, successfully employed in merchandising management at the San Francisco HQ of Banana Republic. He was coach and mentor to hundreds of Falls Church kids who went through our Rec League basketball programs. His passion for his kids, biological or otherwise, will identify him always to his friends and family and those who were the object of his affection and advice - both freely given and to those he loved and believed in.
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