Family remembers Powell boys

TACOMA, Wash. -- The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell thanked police, social workers, teachers and everyone who cared about her two sons at a funeral Saturday for the boys who were killed by their father in a gas-fueled blaze.

The boys' grandfather Chuck Cox also thanked people of all faiths who had prayed for 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden after they died.

It "helps us to know that there are good people in the world - good people who fight against evil," Cox said.

The boys were arriving for a supervised visit when the boys' father, Josh Powell, blocked a social worker from entering the home. He then attacked the boys with a hatchet and torched the house, authorities said.

More than 1,000 people attended Saturday's public funeral at Life Center Church in Tacoma, Wash. Many of those attending wore purple and blue ribbons in memory of Charlie and Braden.

People started lining up outside the church more than an hour before the service was set to begin.

Amanda Morse, of Seattle, was standing outside the church, holding her 5-month son, Ronan. She said she wanted the family to know that they weren't alone.

"It was a tragedy that shouldn't have happened," she said.