LaRissa Effie (Stewart) Shaps graduated from Emerson Hubbard High School followed by a Bachelors of Exercise Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Creighton University and graduated with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2010.
Benjamin Robert Shaps graduated from Brophy College Prepatory in Phoenix, AZ continued with the Rochester Fire Department Protectives. In 2006 he joinedRural Metro Fire Department
Their wedding was on October 5, 2013 at The Fountains Ballroom in Glenwood, IA.