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Emerson Bennett Griffitts was born on 27 February 1868 in Jasper Co., IA; son of George Washington and Frances Vituria (Haines) Griffitts. He married Bertha Hill, daughter of Robert Marshall Hill, Sr., and Anna Jane Alexander, on 23 August 1893 in Jasper Co., IA. Emerson Bennett Griffitts died in 1954.

He was buried in 1954 in Mitchellville Cemetery, Mitchellville, Polk Co., IA, Findagrave #67242981.

Helen Kathryn Griffitts was born on 21 September 1895 in Iowa. She married Neal Lester McKibben on 29 December 1920 in Jasper Co., IA. She died on 16 October 1972 in San Diego Co., CA.

She was buried in October 1972 in Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, San Diego Co., CA, Findagrave #243271455.

Neal Lester McKibben was born on 21 January 1898 in Iowa; son of Mathew William and Exie L. (Koontz) McKibben. He married Helen Kathryn Griffitts, daughter of Emerson Bennett Griffitts and Bertha Hill, on 29 December 1920 in Jasper Co., IA. Neal Lester McKibben died on 9 May 1977 in San Diego Co., CA.

He was buried in May 1977 in Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, San Diego Co., CA, Findagrave #243271354.

Helen Jeanne McKibben was born on 24 September 1923 in Taylor, Marshall Co., IA. She married Paul Wolfe Shope; Paul remarried to Edythe Alberta Hampton on 16 DEC 1976, San Diego County, CA, and divorced her in 1983 before he remarried to Helen. She and Paul Wolfe Shope were divorced in June 1976 in San Diego Co., CA. She died on 9 November 2007.

Helen Jeanne McKibben married Paul Wolfe Shope on 14 February 1984 in San Diego Co., CA.

Paul Wolfe Shope was born on 18 September 1925 in Gifford, Hardin Co., IA; son of Van Earl and Anna Viola (Heckendorn) Shope. He married Helen Jeanne McKibben, daughter of Neal Lester McKibben and Helen Kathryn Griffitts; Paul remarried to Edythe Alberta Hampton on 16 DEC 1976, San Diego County, CA, and divorced her in 1983 before he remarried to Helen. Paul Wolfe Shope and Helen Jeanne McKibben were divorced in June 1976 in San Diego Co., CA. He died on 7 January 2007.

He was buried in 2007 in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., CA, Findagrave #72471689.

Paul Wolfe Shope began military service WW II service, U.S. Marine Corps. He married Helen Jeanne McKibben, daughter of Neal Lester McKibben and Helen Kathryn Griffitts, on 14 February 1984 in San Diego Co., CA.