The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday January 13, 1951 Mrs. Groff Dies; Life-Long Topekan. Mrs. Helen Johnston GROFF, 58, widow of the late B.Harold Groff, died Friday in a Topeka hospital. She suffered a heart attack two weeks ago. Mrs. Groff was born January 17, 1892 in Topeka and was a lifelong resident of this city. She was a member of the Central Congregational Church, the Women's group of that church, the Toltec Rite, Social Order of the Beaucreants and Beulah Chaper, OES. She was active in Red Cross canteen work. She was married to Mr. Groff June 7, 1916. Mr. Groff who was a secretary of the Scottish Rite bodies in Topeka, died October 28, 1950. She is survived by two sons, James Robert Groff, Topeka, and Dr. Robert C. Groff, Davenport, Iowa; two grandchildren, Bruce Talbott Groff, Topeka; and Richard Moore Groff, Davenport, Iowa; and three sisters, Mrs. Roy R. Burke, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. G.A. Boon, and Mrs. G.J. Hall, both of Ontario, Calif.