Friends Remember the Two High School Juniors Who Committed Suicide Last Week

Ciara Webb (left) and Cady Housh

Courtesy Jason Webb/Courtesy Sophie Jones

By Caitlin Keating

@CaitKeating

11/13/2014 AT 04:40 PM EST

Heartbroken friends of Cady Housh and Ciara Webb, who both committed suicide just days apart, can't understand why these two 16-year-olds chose to end their lives last week.

"They were both amazing girls," says one classmate at Northwest Olathe High in Olathe, Kansas.

"Ciara was an amazing soccer player and was always so happy. Cady wanted to live her life to the fullest but she always put everyone else first. If you were ever having a hard time, she would just get in her car, pick up your favorite food, and be at your house in 10 minutes."

Other friends say that both seemed "excited about their futures."

But on Friday afternoon Webb took her own life, at home. Then on Sunday night Housh, who had played soccer with Webb, killed herself by stepping into the path of an oncoming train.

"She was upset about Ciara but she was strong," adds a second classmate, who says she was with Cady hours before her death. "When I left her on Sunday the last thing I thought was that she would take her own life."

After a Tuesday night vigil, students were back in class this week and, says one friend, "everyone is trying to keep each other strong."

For more information about how to prevent suicide, visit the Suicide Prevention Lifeline.