Lantis, Ernest Ellsworth

Birth Name Lantis, Ernest Ellsworth
Gramps ID I5400
Gender male
Age at Death 79 years, 9 months, 6 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1897-03-24 Rock Creek Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a 2a
Census 1910 Rock Creek Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1920 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1940 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Death 1976-12-30 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Burial   Gardens of Memory, Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Lantis, Oscar [I5399]1871-12-201965-06-07
Mother Smith, Dora Belle [I5368]1879-08-251972-06-23
         Lantis, Ernest Ellsworth [I5400] 1897-03-24 1976-12-30
    Brother     Lantis, Clarence Ray [I5401] 1904-09-19 1987-01-03

Families

    Family of Lantis, Ernest Ellsworth and Thatcher, Sylvia M. [F1743]
Married Wife Thatcher, Sylvia M. [I5397] ( * 1898-04-07 + 1982-11-19 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1918-04-27 Napoleon, Henry Cty, Ohio, USA  
6a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Lantis, Virginia M. [I5402]
Lantis, Jannette [I5403]
Lantis, Louise Elnora [I5404]
Lantis, Dorothy Jean [I5405]

Narrative

[Obituary for Ernest E. Lantis, posted online to the FindaGrave.com website.]

Ernest E Lantis 79 died Thursday at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, following a 3 year illness.

A lifelong resident of Huntington County, Mr Lantis owned and aperated the South Side Restaurant for 49 years and had been employed by the ARA Vendors, Fort Wayne, for 10 years prior to retiring in 1973. He was a member of the Markle Church of Christ.

Mr Lantis was born March 24, 1897 in Rock Creek Township to Oscar and Dora Smith Lantis and his marriage was on April 27, 1918 at Napoleon, Ohio to the Former Sylvia Thatcher, who survives.

Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs Virginia Guthier, Angola, Mrs Hugh (Jeannette) Hartman, Huntington, Mrs Homer (Louise) Buzzard, Fort Wayne, and Mrs John (Dorothy) Stocksdale, Bozeman, Montana; 18 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren and a brother, Clarence Lantis, Warren.

Services for Ernest Lantis were conducted Monday at the Deal and Robbins Funeral Home with Rev Harry Brooks officiating. Pallbearers were Frederick Guthier, William Guthier, James Guthier, Rodney Buzzard, Peter Buzzard and Charles Stocksdale. Burial was in Gardens of Memory Cemetery.

Pedigree

  1. Lantis, Oscar [I5399]
    1. Smith, Dora Belle [I5368]
      1. Lantis, Ernest Ellsworth
        1. Thatcher, Sylvia M. [I5397]
          1. Lantis, Virginia M. [I5402]
          2. Lantis, Jannette [I5403]
          3. Lantis, Louise Elnora [I5404]
          4. Lantis, Dorothy Jean [I5405]
      2. Lantis, Clarence Ray [I5401]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Social Security Death Index [S0098]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9QM-K2W : accessed 22 December 2015), Ernest Lantis, Dec 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

  2. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [S0313]
      • Date: 1918-06-05
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ2P-QXQ : accessed 22 December 2015), Ernest Ellsworth Lantis, 1917-1918; citing Wells County, Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,653,174.

  3. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKPS-RTK : accessed 18 December 2015), Chester Smith in household of Oscar Lantis, Rock Creek, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,369.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Rock Creek, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Oscar Lantis Head M 38 Ohio
        Dora B Lantis Wife F 30 Indiana
        Earnest E Lantis Son M 13 Indiana
        Clearnce R Lantis Son M 5 Indiana
        Chester Smith Brother-in-law M 14 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF7V-MKJ : accessed 22 December 2015), Ernest Lantis, Huntington Ward 5, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,437.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Huntington Ward 5, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Ernest Lantis Head M 22 Indiana
        Sylvia Lantis Wife F 21 Ohio
        Virginia Lantis Daughter F 0 Indiana
        Ethel Thatcher Sister-in-law F 16 Ohio

  5. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1T8-YW1 : accessed 22 December 2015), Earnest Lantis, Ward 3, Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-8, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1055.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Ward 3, Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Earnest Lantis Head M 43 Indiana
        Sylvia Lantis Wife F 41 Ohio
        Jeanette Lantis Daughter F 19 Indiana
        Louise Lantis Daughter F 17 Indiana
        Dorothy Lantis Daughter F 14 Indiana

  6. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 [S0291]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X846-RQR : accessed 22 December 2015), Oscar Lantis in entry for Earnest Lantis and Sylvia Thatcher, Apr 1918; citing Henry, Ohio, United States, reference v 12 p 443 cn 3883; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 423,624.