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Robert Gulden Obituary
March 30, 1948 - November 30, 2022
Robert "Bob" Edgar Gulden, (NSS 13188RL (FE)), passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of November 30, 2022. Bob was born on March 30, 1948, in Starnberg, Germany, to Irma and Edgar Walt Gulden.
Bob was extremely well-known in the caving community as a cave surveyor, cave cartographer, and the keeper of the Long & Deep Caves List. Perhaps his largest contribution to caving cartography is the Friars Hole Cave System map, a cave that is still being explored & mapped (most recently passed 50 miles of mapped passage). Bob also participated in the surveying and mapping of many other caves including, but not limited to Cricket Maze, Mammoth, and Great Onyx.
Bob's wife Janice Louise Gulden preceded him in death. He is survived by his sister, Margret Noel; son, Dustin Robert; daughter-in-law, Nicole Sophia; and grandsons, Odin Dustin and Orion Robert.
Bob's wishes have always been to be cremated and his ashes to go to Monster Cavern in Friars Hole, so some of his ashes will be sprinkled in the North Stream where they can make their way to Monster Cavern eventually. A remembrance service will be held at a time and date to be determined but likely spring of 2023.
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Ed Blake
April 4, 2023
I was the chairman of the Baltimore Grotto when Bob first joined us. I´ll always remember Bob and his love for mapping caves. He was a good man. He usually preferred to stay behind and map the cave while most of us would just take off to go exploring. That is what he enjoyed the most. Cave silence can be Gulden.
Meredith Hall Weberg
December 3, 2022
Dusty and family: I´m sorry about Bob. I´ll miss seeing him at Zoom grotto meetings and the Cricket Maze Cave meetings. He left a large legacy.
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