10 things about Prospect Heights, Illinois’s Kathryn Kirk

Kathryn Smith Kirk is from Prospect Heights, Illinois, United States. The city is around 26 miles away from Chicago, Illinois.

BIOGRAPHY

Kirk an American mental health counselor. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Aside from Prospect Heights, she has lived in other parts of Illinois including Arlington Heights and Chicago.
2. She and Robert Kirk have a son and a daughter together.
3. She is 5 years younger than Robert.
4. She was born in 1957.
5. In 1993, she gave birth to Charlie Kirk.
6. In 1996, she gave birth to Mary Kirk.
7. In 2012, her son Charlie co-founded Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college and university campuses.
8. In 2021, her son Charlie married Erika Frantzve Kirk.
9. In 2023, her daughter Mary founded Kirk Art Services in Chicago.
10. In 2025, her son Charlie died.

TIMELINE

Kathryn and Robert raised their children in a politically moderate household. The couple remained out of the spotlight before and after the assassination of their son Charlie in 2025.

1990s

• On October 14, 1992, she gave birth to Charlie in Arlington Heights.
• In October 1996, she moved to Prospect Heights.

2000s

• On October 4, 2006, her husband Robert obtained his license to practice architecture in Florida.

2010s

• On June 5, 2012, her son Charlie and William Thomas “Bill” Montgomery founded Turning Point USA.
• In May 2019, her daughter Mary graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) in Chicago.

2020s

• On May 8, 2021, her son Charlie and Erika got married.
• On August 23, 2022, her daughter-in-law Erika gave birth to a baby girl.
• On May 15, 2024, her daughter-in-law Erika gave birth to a baby boy.
• On September 10, 2025, her son Charlie was fatally shot by Tyler Robinson at a rally at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, USA.
• On September 21, 2025, around 200,000 people attended her son Charlie’s funeral at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA.