eight coffins lined the stage of a maryland auditorium for the funeral services saturday for a family that died from carbon monoxide poisoning in november .
the six-hour funeral brought 1,200 people to the ella fitzgerald auditorium at the university of maryland eastern shore on saturday to pay their respect to the family .
father rodney todd was raising the children after divorcing their mother in november .
the todd family - a 36-year-old father and his seven children aged six to 15 - were tragically killed as they slept in their princess anne home .