Background
Runkle, Delmer was born on March 3, 1856 in Boght, New York, United States. Son of Henry H. and Margaret (Runkle) Runkle.
Runkle, Delmer was born on March 3, 1856 in Boght, New York, United States. Son of Henry H. and Margaret (Runkle) Runkle.
Public schools and Troy (New York) Business College.
Clerk National State Bank, Troy, 1872-1885. Manager collection department Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, 1885-1901. Organizer, 1901, Peoples National Bank of Hoosick Falls, cashier until 1912, president, 1912-1928, Chairman of the Board, 1929-1931.
Also president and director National City Bank of Troy, since 1928. Formerly president Permanent Savings & Loan Association, Industrial Building & Manufacturing Company, Hoosick Falls Cemetery Association. Vice president Hoosick Falls Manufacturing Company.
Former director The Peoples-First National Bank (Hoosick Falls), Noble & Wood Machine Company. Trustee Troy Savings Bank. County treasurer Rensselaer Company, 1915-1921.
Chairman Hoosick Falls Liberty Loan Drives, World War. President Cheney Library and History Rooms. President Samaritan Hospital (Troy).
Trustee Hoosick Falls Public Schools. Member of the Board of Governors Marshall Sanitarium. Trustee, elder, Hoosick Falls Presbyterian Church.
Member board govs.
Married Mary E. Rosebrook, October 18, 1898 (died 1921). Married second, Jessie Lillian Gardner, December 6, 1924.