Christopher Todd Daniels, 43, of Parker, Colo., died on November 29, 2013, following a two-year battle with brain cancer.

Chris was born to Peter and Joan Daniels on October 22, 1970, in Boston. He graduated from Melrose High School in Melrose, Mass., in 1989. In 1994, he received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Northeastern University where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Pi fraternity. In 2002 he received his master’s in public policy and administration from California State University, Long Beach.

He married Shannon McDowell of Colorado Springs in 2004; they lived in Albuquerque, N.M., where they had a son, Brendan, before relocating to Parker, Colo., in 2008.

Chris served with distinction for 20 years as a Deputy United States Marshal in Los Angeles, Albuquerque and Denver before his retirement as a Senior Inspector in 2013. In 2000, as a tactical medic, he was recognized for his bravery under fire for saving the life of a fellow Deputy Marshal who had been critically wounded in the line of duty.

Chris was an avid outdoorsman. As a boy, he spent summers on Southport Island where he learned to sail the Sheepscot River in the Southport Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program and to weed the vegetable garden of his grandparents, Jason and Alice Daniels, at High Rock on Southport. Later in life, he hiked and camped his way through Western national parks and enjoyed biking, fishing and running, completing two half-marathons. He was a passionate fan of the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins.

Chris is survived by his wife Shannon and son Brendan of Parker, Colo.; parents, Peter and Joan Daniels of Southport; sister, Katherine of Portland, Ore.; brother, Michael of Boston; and many members of the McDowell and Daniels families.

A memorial service will be held at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, on December 12 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Chris’s memory to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org.