The twin 18-month-old boys who died after falling into an Arizona canal last week have been identified as bothers Eli and Silas Keslar of Yuma. While authorities in the southern Arizona town have not yet officially identified the victims, a Go Fund Me page set up this weekend named them and their parents, Mark and Alexis Keslar. Marlene Gleim, a friend of the boys' grandmother Marlena Martinez, set up the page after learning about their deaths on local media. The fund to cover memorial and medical costs for the boys has already raised over $10,000. Tragedy: The twin 18-month-old boys who died after falling into a Arizona canal this weekend have been identified as brother Eli and Silas Keslar. Pictured above on their first birthday with parents Alexis (left) and Mark Keslar (right) Too young: Authorities have not released any information on how the two boys ended up in the canal, but say foul play is not suspected . 'I would consider them family, and family is not always blood-related,' Ms Gleim told the Yuma Sun. 'I’m extremely… I’m at a loss of words with all of this.' 'No parent should ever have to lose a child, let alone two at once,' she added. It has not yet been revealed how the boys were swept away in the canal, but authorities have said they don't suspect foul play. Emergency: Above, the scene were the two boys were pulled out of the canal Friday morning in Yuma, Arizona . The toddlers are believed to have fallen in the water accidentally at 9.45am on Friday. After a police search that lasted more than an hour, the brothers were pulled from the water. They were flown by a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter to a Yuma hospital, where they were pronounced dead, Franklin said. The area along the canal is used by families for walks and by joggers and a family member was nearby when the boys ended up in the water. Yuma Fire Department spokesman Mike Erfert said their crews were called out on a possible drowning. Named: Officials have not yet officially identified the boys, but they were named over the weekend in a Go Fund Me campaign page. Pictured above in a recent photo posted to their grandmother's Facebook page . Touching: As of Sunday, the fund to cover memorial and medical costs for the two boys had raised over $10,000 . Helicopters from the U.S. Border Patrol and the Marine Corps also flew over the canal searching for the boys. The Border Patrol helicopter crew spotted the brothers in the water, Erfert said, and they were pulled out at about 11.20am. Paramedics began immediate life-saving efforts and the boys were quickly loaded onto the Marine Corps helicopter for the trip to the hospital.
Twin 18-month-old boys were pulled from a Yuma, Arizona canal on Friday .
Authorities still have not explained what led the boys to be swept away in the canal, but they don't suspect foul play .
Over the weekend, a Go Fund Me page was set up to cover their memorial and medical costs .
The campaign page identified the boys as Eli and Silas Keslar, sons of Mark and Alexis Keslar .