SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis (WSAU-Wheeler News) A memorial service will be held Monday night for three children who died in a house fire in Sheboygan Falls. 10-year-old Ben Martin died early Thursday at Children’s Hospital near Milwaukee, after his 11-year-old sister Natalie Martin and 7-year-old brother Carter Maki died earlier.
State-and-local investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire which broke out Tuesday night while the parents were reportedly at a church Bible study — and Natalie sent a sister out to get help while failing to save herself and her other two siblings.
The Maki family issued a statement of gratitude for the community’s support, saying Ben’s organs will be donated for future transplants. There’s a fund at Associated Bank in Sheboygan to help the Maki family with expenses, and a Go-Fund-Me Internet account raised $101,000 in donations by early Friday morning.