Daniel A. Parker, 22, of Bethlehem Township, Pa., died Friday, September 6, 2002 in an apartment he shared with his brother, Andrew Parker who was also found dead in their apartment. Their deaths are believed to be a direct result of Andrew's depression that he's battled for two-and-a-half years.

Born March 22, 1980 in Medellin, Colombia, Mr. Parker was 5 years old when he came to New Jersey with his parents. He grew up in Pohatcong, attended the Pohatcong Township Elementary School, and was graduated in 1999 from Phillipsburg High School.

Mr. Parker was a top interscholastic wrestler. During his junior years at Phillipsburg High School, he wrestled in the 119-pound weight class for the PHS team that won the overall state championship and was nationally ranked. As a senior, he made it to the state regional finals. Like his older brother, he was a brown belt in karate – one notch below black belt.

He attended Northampton Community College for a year, then decided he wanted to study computer technology to fulfill his career goal of designing video games. He enrolled at Lincoln Technical Institute and was scheduled to begin classes this month.

Mr. Parker also was interested in acting, and, like his brother Andrew, wanted to spend time as a Christian missionary after completing his studies.

Surviving are his parents Cortlandt and Esperanza Escobar Parker, Jr. of Pohatcong; two brothers, Cortlandt J. and Jeremiah, also of Pohatcong; their paternal grandmother, Nancy Knowles Parker of Boston, Mass., and Portsmouth, R.I.; their maternal grandfather, Luis Horacio Escobar of Medellin, Colombia; their uncle, Stephen W. Parker, and his wife, Elizabeth, of Bernardsville; their aunts, Elizabeth K. Parker and her husband, Mark J. Magyar, of the Millington section of Long Hill Township, and Nancy Parker Wilson and her husband, William, of Boston, Mass.; 12 aunts and uncles in Colombia, and numerous cousins in both the United States and Colombia.

Joint memorial services for Daniel and Andrew will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday in the Phillipsburg Alliance Church, 255 Lincoln St., Phillipsburg. There will be no visitation or calling hours. Their cremated remains will be interred in St. Mary's Cemetery in Portsmouth, R.I. The Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg, N.J. is handling the arrangements.