Update: Victims’ friends start campaign to honor 2 young lives

The outreach continues to grow for the families who lost children in a crash on Christmas Day south of Maricopa.

A memorial service for Morgan Martin and Josiah Abbott is planned for Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Copper Sky.

According to family members, the funeral service for Josiah will be Jan. 2 at noon at  Tempe Church of Christ, 2424 S. Mill Ave. The graveside service will be at 3:30 p.m. at Phoenix Memorial Park and Mortuary, 200 W. Beardsley Road.

A family friend has also started a gofundme.com account to help the families and to better direct donations from friends and family.

Yvette Lincoln, who knew Josiah from church, said grief counseling led to the idea of the memorial service on New Year’s Day. “Then people started sending messages wanting to make donations and wanting to help in any way they can,” she said.