Background
Runkle, Ethel Mona was born on December 4, 1921 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Louis and Agnes (Jungjohann) Behrens.
Runkle, Ethel Mona was born on December 4, 1921 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Louis and Agnes (Jungjohann) Behrens.
Graduate, Shimer College, Mount Carroll, Illinois, 1942; student, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa, 1943; student, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, 1945; student, New York School Interior Design, 1955.
Illustrator Rock Island (Illinois) Arsenal, Huntington History Society Color, San Diego, 1942-1944. Stewardess United Air Lines, Chicago, 1944-1946. Craft director Westbury (New York ) Country Club, 1967.
Owner, operator Polynesian Fashions, Huntington, New York, 1967-1971, The Woodshed, Escondido, California, 1975-1977. Art director Holland-American Lines, Seattle, 1986-1987. Artist San Diego, since 1983.
Operator Hawaii Condo Rentals, San Diego, since 1964. Art demonstrator San Marcos Art Association, California, 1987, Escondido Art Association, California, 1987, La Jolla Art Association, La Jolla, California, 1986, Southern California.
Historian Clipped Wings, San Diego, 1985-1986, Lloyd Harbor History assosiation, New York, 1966-1971, Huntington History Society, New York, 1963-1971, Society Preservation Long Island Antiquities, New York, 1967-1970. Member American Society Marine Artists (board directors), International Society Women MarineArtists, National Watercolor Society (representative Alaska and Hawaii 1987-1988), USCGArt Program, Clairmont Art Guild, San Diego Watercolor Society (president 1987-1988, 3rd place award 1988), La Jolla Art Association, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic.
Married Karl Ehresman Runkle, January 25, 1947. Children: Carol Ann, Richard Louis.