Donald GettingsDonald E. Gettings was an American politician from the state of Iowa.Education and careerGettings was born in Wapello County, Iowa in 1923 and graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1942. He served as a Democrat in both the Iowa House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983, and in the Iowa Senate from 1983 to 1999.DeathGettings died in Ottumwa in 2011.