RUNK.—Roxette Landis Runt was born at Brushy Run, W. Va.; and died at Takoma Park, Md., April 18, 1949. She accepted Christ as her Saviour very early in life, attended Battle Creek College, and taught school for four years. She graduated as a nurse from the Battle Creek Sanitarium School of Nursing. Her medical education was received at the American Missionary College at Battle Creek, Michigan, from which institution she was graduated in 1906. A year later she was married to Dr. George Runk, and with her husband taught and practiced at Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Later she was connected with the Madison (Wisconsin) Sanitarium. After the death of her husband in 1910, Dr. Runk returned to practice at Battle Creek Sanitarium, specializing in the practice of ophthalmology and otolaryngology. In 1924 she studied her specialty abroad at Vienna, Austria. Upon her return from Vienna, she connected with the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital. She retired from this position two years ago. She is survived 'by one brother.

From the Adventist Archives, June 30, 1949

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Here is information from another obituary that was printed in the Pedersen Landes Family History which is located in the genealogy room of the Pendleton County Library in Franklin, WV.  There are mistakes in the this record and they have been corrected here with brackets   [    ]

Obituary of Mrs. Ro[x]etta Landis Runk

Mrs. Ro[x]etta Landis Runk, M.D. for 21 years head of the Department of 
Op[h]thalmology and Otolaryngology at the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital, died Monday at the sanitarium after an illness of six months.  Dr. Runk, who retired from active practice at the sanitarium two years ago, lived at 301 Lincoln [Ave.], Takoma Park, Maryland. She had been associated with the institution since coming here in 1926.  Born in Brushy Run, West Virginia, she studied nursing at Battle Creek, Michigan and received her medical  education at American Medical Missionary College, Battle Creek.  She was graduated in 1906 and a year later was married to Dr. George Runk, a classmate in the college.  Later she studied diseases of the eyes, ears and throat in Vienna, Austria.  Dr. Runk and her husband taught at Emmanuel's Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Michigan and later at the Seventh-Day Adventist Sanitarium and Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.  After her husband's death in 1910, Dr. Runk returned to practice at the Battle Creek Sanitarium.  Dr. Runk had been active in Seventh Day Adventist Church work all her life.  She was a member of the Sligo Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Takoma Park, Maryland.  A brother, J. W. Riggleman of Akron, Ohio, two nephews and several cousins, including Miss Zella Landis of Bethesda, Maryland survive her.  Her burial was at George Washington Memorial Cemetery, Hyattsville, Maryland.

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There is plenty of information on Wikipedia about the various institutions where Roxetta went to school and later worked. See:

American Medical Missionary College, Battle Creek, Michigan
Emmanuel's Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Michigan
Washington Sanitarium and Hospital, Takoma Park, Maryland