The four children injured during Sunday morning's deadly tornadoes continue to recover from their injuries.
In fact, the two injured boys were released Tuesday from All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. The two young girls hurt in the tornado remain hospitalized with various injuries.
Stephen and Kelli "Kade" Wilson of Duette were killed when a tornado ripped through a Manatee County mobile home park at about 3:45 a.m. on Albritton Road. Minutes later, another twister struck near the beach community of Siesta Key in Sarasota County.
Funerals for Stephen, 58, and Kade, 51, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, 720 Manatee Ave. W. in Bradenton.
Family friend Brendan Betancourt said the Wilsons were watching one of their grandchildren while his friends, Justin Hessinger and Leah Patten, were on a trip for their upcoming wedding.
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The Wilsons were Patten's parents. Her daughter, Faith, and her brother and his three children survived.
Betancourt has set up a GoFundMe account for the family. So far, they've raised about $19,000.
"I do want to thank everyone for the support," Betancourt said. "It's been very heartwarming and welcomed, and I appreciate it very much. It's actually very touching to see everybody come together for some victims in our community."
The family said Hessinger and Patten have decided to postpone their wedding until further notice as a result of her parents' deaths.
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