Mura D. Gettings and Otis Ballou Antonides

OTIS BALLOU ANTONIDES, son of KATHERINE MAY BALLOU and JOHN EDGAR ANTONIDES, was born March 23, 1897 in LaGrange County, Indiana,¹¹⁸⁶ and died April 4, 1963 in LaGrange County Hospital, LaGrange County, Indiana.^{456, 4931, 2796} He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana.^{456, 4931}

He married MURA D. GETTINGS on May 22, 1919 in Medford Township, LaGrange, Indiana.^{2788, 1675} She was born December 17, 1896 in Medford Township, LaGrange, Indiana,^{4931, 1675} and died September 17, 1986 in LaGrange Hospital, LaGrange County, Indiana.^{456, 4931, 2796} She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana.^{456, 2796, 4931}

• Descendant Reports
  • Maturin Ballou Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Robert Pike Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Valentine Whitman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Eleazer Albee Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • John Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Captain John Whipple Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • John Sayles Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Roger Williams Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Eleazer Arnold Jr. Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Reverend Joshua Winsor Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Elisha Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)
  • Pardon Davis Descendant Report (Ancestor of Otis B. Antonides)

Children of MURA D. GETTINGS and OTIS BALLOU ANTONIDES:

1. ROBERT JAMES ANTONIDES, b. August 14, 1920, Clay, LaGrange, Indiana;^{1186, 4917} m. MARION M. ETBAUER on November 5, 1943 in Brookings County, South Dakota⁵⁰¹; d. July 10, 1985, Brookings, Brookings, South Dakota.^{56, 5853}
2. MARY CATHERINE ANTONIDES, b. August 20, 1922, Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana;^{2460, 4917} m. LESTER J. HESS on July 29, 1945 in LaGrange County, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. January 9, 2010, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.²⁷⁹⁵
3. JEAN EDGAR ANTONIDES, b. January 25, 1924, Milford, LaGrange, Indiana;^{99, 4917} d. July 22, 1984, Palm Beach County, Florida.⁹⁹



Personal Information

• Mura D. Gettings was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana. ²⁷⁹⁶

Work History

Clubs and Associations

Marriage Announcements and News

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, May 24, 1919²⁷⁸⁸

LaGRANGE, Ind., May 24.—Mura Gettings of Milford township, daughter of James D. Gettings and Otis B. Antonides, of LaGrange, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Antonides and a grandson of Senator Otis L. Ballou, were married Thursday at noon at the home of the bride, with Rev. J. Stanley Mitchell, Presbyterian pastor, as the officiating minister.

Obituaries

South Bend Tribune, April 5, 1963¹⁰⁹²⁶

Otis B. Antonides

LAGRANGE — Otis B. Antonides, 66, died at midnight Thursday in the LaGrange County Hospital where he had been a patient since Monday. He was a realtor and operated his own insurance agency. He is survived by his widow, Mura; a daughter, Mrs. Lester Hess, of Sturgis, Mich.; two sons, Jean, of South Bend, and Robert, of South Dakota, and a sister, Mrs. Donald Presdorf of LaGrange. The Frurip Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Sturgis Journal, September 17, 1986²⁷⁹⁶

LaGrange, Ind.: Mura D. Antonides, 89, 210 N. Mountain St., died Sept. 17, 1986, at the LaGrange Hospital, following a sudden illness.

She was born Dec. 17, 1896, in Milford Township, LaGrange County, a daughter of James D. and Mary E. (Luton) Gettings.

On May 22, 1919, she married Otis R. Antonides in Milford Township. He died April 4, 1963.

She was a lifelong resident of LaGrange and was employed as a school teacher. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, LaGrange, the Women's Association of the church, the Coterie Club, Business Professional Women, Book Club, American Legion Auxiliary and the LaGrange County War Mothers. For more than 30 years she had served as secretary for the LaGrange County Branch of the American Heart Association.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Lester (Kay) Hess, Sturgis; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Charles (Geneva) Wolf, Ligonier. She was preceded in death by two sons, Robert J. and Jean E. Antonides.

Relatives and friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. (Ind. times) Friday at the Frurip-May Funeral Home, LaGrange, where services are at 11 a.m. (Ind. time) Saturday. The Rev. Orus Rupe will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange.

Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 4, 19002447	Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana	John Edgar Antonides Katherine May Ballou Otis Ballou Antonides
April 20, 19102459	Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana	John Edgar Antonides Katherine May Ballou Otis Ballou Antonides Mary Catherine Antonides
January 8, 19202456	Clay, LaGrange, Indiana	Otis Ballou Antonides Mura D. Gettings
April 4, 19302461	LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana	Otis Ballou Antonides Mura D. Gettings Mary Catherine Antonides Jean Edgar Antonides Robert James Antonides
April 13, 19402512	LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana	Otis Ballou Antonides Mura D. Gettings Mary Catherine Antonides Jean Edgar Antonides Robert James Antonides
April 10, 19509561	LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana	Otis Ballou Antonides Mura D. Gettings