Bergen Boy Who Died At Camp To Be Buried Wednesday

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — An 11-year-old county boy who died while attending a sleepaway camp in Pennsylvania will be buried Wednesday.

Daniel Beer of Norwood, who just celebrated his birthday July 4, was staying at at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah in Milford, Pennsylvania when he experienced "gastrointestinal symptoms" Sunday night at the camp's infirmary and was taken to a hospital Monday morning when they got worse, an NJ.com report said.

Funeral Services are 11 a.m., followed by interment at Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements are by Hellman Memorial Chapels, Spring Valley, New York.

An autopsy has been conducted, but the results are still pending, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed Tuesday.

RELATED: Bergen County Boy, 11, Dies Suddenly At Summer Camp

Beer's bright smile was "a joy to many," his obituary states. He enjoyed basketball, soccer, tennis, swimming, video games and playing the piano.

He was predeceased by his grandparents Arlene Baumgarten and Benjamin Beer.

Beer is survived by his parents Jill and Sam; brother and best friend Ethan; grandfather Sherwin Baumgarten; grandmother Laura Beer; uncles and aunts Keith and Rina Baumgarten, Evan and Lisa Baumgarten, Amy Beth, Jonathan and Rebecca Baumgarten and Gloria Beer and their children.

Camp Nah-Jee-Wah is one of several run by NJY Camps based in Essex County.

Email daniel.hubbard@patch.com. Get Patch breaking news alerts sent right to your phone with our new app. Download here.

Photo: Daniel Beer/Courtesy of Hellman Memorial Chapels/Background image via Shutterstock