Funeral services set for 3 boys who killed in Carpentersville house fire, funded by charity

Chicago Tribune

04-04-2025

Funeral arrangements have been set for the three children who died as the result of a house fire in Carpentersville last weekend, funded with money raised through a West Dundee-based charity.
The Rev. Phil Zilinski, pastor of Fox Valley Baptist Church, will lead the funeral service on Friday, April 11, for Xander Harland Corsello, 2, and his twin brothers, Kayden Virgil and Jayden Dante, 1, at his East Dundee-based church, according to an announcement posted by the Miller Funeral Home in West Dundee.
Visitation followed by the funeral will start at 11 a.m., the announcement said. The services are public but the burial will be private, according to Terrance 'Duke' Seward, who runs the Taste the Love nonprofit with his wife, Rhiannon, which collected the money to cover the cost of the services and burial.
Jayden and Xander died during the March 30 fire at their home in the 1700 block of Kingston Circle. Kayden died later the next day at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
Three adults — the boys' father, grandmother and grandmother's boyfriend — were able to escape the fire, which started in the basement and caused about $350,000 in damage to the home and its contents, according to the Carpentersville Fire Department. The two men were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and the grandmother hospitalized for smoke exposure.
The incident and deaths remain under investigation by the fire department and the Kane County coroner's office. It was the first fatal fire involving children in Carpentersville since the 1990s, officials said.
'Thanks to everyone who contributed to cover these costs. This was driven by our community,' said Seward, who owns Duke's Blues-N-BBQ in East Dundee with his wife.
Duke's also plans to dedicate its annual blues fest in Carpentersville in June to the three children. As part of the event, Seward plans to will ask some of the musicians to play Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds' in the boys' memory, he said.