Mr. C. B. Runk, of Orbisonia, aged 62 years, 4 months and 15 days, died of complication of diseases at the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon, on Monday, March 15th. Mr. Runk was the son of David and Ellen Baum Runk, deceased. He was born in York County, November 8, 1862. His parents moved to Three Springs when he ws nine years of age. Mr. Runk worked for the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company from 1881 to 1903. The rest of his life he was occupied as an agriculturist. He moved to Cromwell township in 1901 at which place his wife, formerly Miss Suzanne Rupert, died January 4, 1904. Mr. Runk was a steadfast member of the Church of the Brethren, well known throughout the entire county, and loved and respected by all who knew him. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. J. T. Harris, Longmont, Col., Mrs. H. R. Scott, Shirleysburg, Pa., Mrs. Calvin Whitsel, Three Springs, Mr. I. C. Runk, Newcastle, Pa., Mrs. J. F. Whitsel, Three Springs, Pa., Mrs. W. C. Hileman, Newcastle, Pa., Mr. P. W. Runk, Orbisonia, Pa., and Violet Runk, at home. Funeral service at the Church of the Brethren, Rockhill Furnace, Friday, March 27th, at 1 p.m. Revs. Stout and W. G. Se-In officiating. Interment at the Brethren Cemetery, Germany Valley. Funeral directed by Frank Heidel.
Family links:
Parents:
David B. Runk (1834 - 1911)
Eleanor Gumerine Baum Runk (1834 - 1905)
Spouse:
Suzanne Rupert Runk (1864 - 1904)*
Children:
Olive O. Scott (1887 - 1960)*
Mae Marie Runk Whitsel (1888 - 1977)*
Louise B. Runk Whitsel (1893 - 1974)*
Alice Phoebe Runk Hileman (1895 - 1971)*
Paul W Runk (1897 - 1978)*
Violet V. Runk Hall (1901 - 1976)*
Siblings:
Lenora Ann Runk Isenberg (1859 - 1930)*
Andrew Washington Runk (1860 - 1938)*
Cornelius Baum Runk (1862 - 1925)
Urias B. Runk (1865 - ____)*
Samuel Baum Runk (1873 - 1935)*
*Calculated relationship
