Richard Roy RUNKLE

1916 - 1999  (83 years)

• Name	Richard Roy RUNKLE
  Birth	13 Jul 1916	Mower County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1916-20559
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1999-MN-036751
  Death	14 Nov 1999	Fillmore County, Minnesota
  Burial	17 Nov 1999	Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota
  Notes	He and Ruth lived on a rented farm in Racine Twp, Mower County, in the 1940 census. Richard R. Runkle, 83, rural Grand Meadow, died early Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at the Ostrander Nursing Home in Ostrander, Minn. where he had resided for a short time. He was born July 13, 1916 in rural Racine Pleasant Valley Township to Clifford Runkle and Alida Patten Runkle. He attended and graduated from Stewartville High School and married Catherine Jorgens on March 15, 1939 at the Bear Creek Church. They lived for a time west of Stewartville for six years and later moved back to the Bear Creek area in 1947 and together they farmed. Dick was a member of the Yomaco Club and enjoyed reading and loved to follow sporting events. He was a member of The Mower County Farm Bureau, a former member and officer of The Frankford Township Board. he was on the Bear Creek Cemetery Board and a member of the Golden Age Club in Grand Meadow. He is survived by his wife Catherine, rural Grand Meadow, sons David Charles Runkle, Lakewood, Colo. and Steven Paul (Diane) Runkle, Minnesota City; daughter Marcheta (Richard) Faye, Albert Lea; nine grand children; nine great-grandchildren; sisters Laverne (Robert) Smalley, Ariz., Iva (William) Curtis, Stewartville, and Irene (Donald) Sinn, St. Charles, brothers Kenneth (Maxine) Runkle, Stewartville, and Gene of Grand Meadow; sister-in-laws Salley, Racine, Minn and Ann, Dalles, Ore. He was preceded in death by his parents, one great grandchild, two brothers John and Donald "Pete", and a daughter-in-law Jan Runkle.
  Person ID	I6995	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016

  
  

  Mother	PATTEN   d. Unknown
  Family ID	F6058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Catherine JORGENS,   b. 5 May 1920, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota d. 12 Mar 2002, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1939
  Family ID	F5351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016