Funerals Friday for 2 students killed in Marist fire

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.

/*Kevin Johnson*/'s funeral was held in his hometown of /*New Canaan*/, /*Connecticut*/. Services for /*Kerry Fitzsimons*/, of /*Commack*/, were held in /*Dix Hills*/ on /*Long Island*/.

Johnson, Fitzsimons and /*Eva Block*/, of /*Woodbridge*/, Conn., all 21, were killed in last Saturday's early morning fire at a town of Poughkeepsie home rented by six students at /*Marist College*/.

Fitzsimons and Block were seniors at Marist, while Johnson was attending /*Dutchess Community College*/ in /*Poughkeepsie*/.

Authorities say the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Block's funeral was held Monday in /*Fairfield*/, Conn.

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