Prayer service to be held for brothers killed in house fire. The prayer services for Logan and Walter will be held Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church. 'Sometimes the body can't handle what hits us,' priest says at service for Grosse Pointe boys. According to The Detroit News, the children have been identified as Walter Briggs Connolly, 11, and Logan Connolly, 9. They also lost the house. GROSSE POINTE, MI — The Grosse Pointe community is mourning the loss of two young brothers who died in a house fire Monday morning. The community is planning a prayer service for the loved ones of the brothers who died in a house fire in Grosse Pointe Monday. The boys’ father left earlier that morning for work, neighbors said. On Monday, Connolly's two sons, Logan, 9, and Briggs, 11, died in a house fire on Fisher Road while getting ready for school. In the fire that engulfed their home, they lost their two precious boys, Briggs and Logan. When she returned, the fire had spread to the point where she couldn’t get inside to help her children. Toaster may have caused Grosse Pointe fire that killed 2 boys. Walter, a teacher at the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills and Azucena, who works at Dencap Dental Plans, appreciate everyone's outpouring of love and support. GROSSE POINTE (WWJ) - Federal and state investigators will be joining Grosse Pointe fire inspectors in trying to determine the cause of a house fire that killed two children.