Fred Perez was one of 13 victims of a mentally ill spree killer who was sentenced to life in prison in August 1973. That man has been eligible for parole since 1982, under 1973 California sentencing laws. The Board of Parole has denied his parole multiple times, the last time in March 2021. His next parole review is in 2028, when he will be 80 or 81 years old if he is still living.
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Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz CA) on Wednesday, February 14, 1973, Page 18
A Catholic blessing for Fred Abbie Peres will be offered Friday at 9 a.m. at White's chapel, 131 Walnut Ave., with Father Fred Foley, S.J., of the University of San Francisco officiating. The American Legion Post M color guard will participate. Following services Friday, interment will be in the family plot in IOOF Cemetery. The rosary will be recited Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at White's chapel.
Perez, 72, was killed Tuesday morning while he was doing yard work outside a home he rented out at the corner of Lighthouse Avenue and Gharkey Street.
Perez, a native of Santa Cruz, was a member of one of Santa Cruz County's oldest families. His home was on property owned by the Perez family for a century. His grandfather, Frederico Perez, founded the family fishing industry in 1863 on the old David Gharkey Wharf, one of three wharves that protruded into Monterey Bay. In early Santa Cruz history, Perez's father, Abbie Blass Perez, and his two uncles, "Big Jim" and John Perez, continued the family business and, according to long-time local fishermen, were known as the "Santa Cruz Fish Kings" along the Pacific coast. Fred Perez got into the business at the age of 12 when he began peddling salmon and halibut on a horse and wagon from the Railroad Wharf.
Of Spanish-Irish descent, Perez attended Laurel School and graduated from Santa Cruz High School. In 1917 he Joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was sent to Peking, China. He reputedly was the first American Marine to enter the Forbidden City. In 1923 he married the former Margaret Soper, also a member of a pioneer Santa Cruz family.
An avid athlete in his younger days, Perez was a member of Ralph Miller's Santa Cruz Beach Plunge Water Carnival swim team and was the first Santa Cruzan to chase the celebrated Duke Kahanamoku across the finish line in a 50-yard sprint in 1920.
Perez also was a boxer and, fighting under the name of Freddie Bell, became middleweight champion of Central California. He later became a licensed boxing judge under the California State Athletic Commission.
Four years ago he went on a six-day[s-a-week] retirement but each Thursday continued to make fish deliveries for Santa Cruz Fisheries to keep in touch with the wharf crowd.
Perez was a member of Holy Cross Church and American Legion Post 64.
Besides his wife, his family members include two sons, Fred L. Perez of Watsonville and John A. Perez of Santa Cruz; two daughters, Betty Lee Soria of Capitola and lona Lemcke of Santa Rosa; seven grandchildren; and four great -grandchildren.
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Mr. Perez's California death record show he was born in 1901. His Social Security record and WWI draft registration show he was born in 1900. On the 1900 U.S. Census, he was listed as 3/12 of a year old on 01 Jun 1900.
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Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz CA) on Wednesday, February 14, 1973, Page 18
A Catholic blessing for Fred Abbie Peres will be offered Friday at 9 a.m. at White's chapel, 131 Walnut Ave., with Father Fred Foley, S.J., of the University of San Francisco officiating. The American Legion Post M color guard will participate. Following services Friday, interment will be in the family plot in IOOF Cemetery. The rosary will be recited Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at White's chapel.
Perez, 72, was killed Tuesday morning while he was doing yard work outside a home he rented out at the corner of Lighthouse Avenue and Gharkey Street.
Perez, a native of Santa Cruz, was a member of one of Santa Cruz County's oldest families. His home was on property owned by the Perez family for a century. His grandfather, Frederico Perez, founded the family fishing industry in 1863 on the old David Gharkey Wharf, one of three wharves that protruded into Monterey Bay. In early Santa Cruz history, Perez's father, Abbie Blass Perez, and his two uncles, "Big Jim" and John Perez, continued the family business and, according to long-time local fishermen, were known as the "Santa Cruz Fish Kings" along the Pacific coast. Fred Perez got into the business at the age of 12 when he began peddling salmon and halibut on a horse and wagon from the Railroad Wharf.
Of Spanish-Irish descent, Perez attended Laurel School and graduated from Santa Cruz High School. In 1917 he Joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was sent to Peking, China. He reputedly was the first American Marine to enter the Forbidden City. In 1923 he married the former Margaret Soper, also a member of a pioneer Santa Cruz family.
An avid athlete in his younger days, Perez was a member of Ralph Miller's Santa Cruz Beach Plunge Water Carnival swim team and was the first Santa Cruzan to chase the celebrated Duke Kahanamoku across the finish line in a 50-yard sprint in 1920.
Perez also was a boxer and, fighting under the name of Freddie Bell, became middleweight champion of Central California. He later became a licensed boxing judge under the California State Athletic Commission.
Four years ago he went on a six-day[s-a-week] retirement but each Thursday continued to make fish deliveries for Santa Cruz Fisheries to keep in touch with the wharf crowd.
Perez was a member of Holy Cross Church and American Legion Post 64.
Besides his wife, his family members include two sons, Fred L. Perez of Watsonville and John A. Perez of Santa Cruz; two daughters, Betty Lee Soria of Capitola and lona Lemcke of Santa Rosa; seven grandchildren; and four great -grandchildren.
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Mr. Perez's California death record show he was born in 1901. His Social Security record and WWI draft registration show he was born in 1900. On the 1900 U.S. Census, he was listed as 3/12 of a year old on 01 Jun 1900.
Fred Perez was one of 13 victims of a mentally ill spree killer who was sentenced to life in prison in August 1973. That man has been eligible for parole since 1982, under 1973 California sentencing laws. The Board of Parole has denied his parole multiple times, the last time in March 2021. His next parole review is in 2028, when he will be 80 or 81 years old if he is still living.
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Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz CA) on Wednesday, February 14, 1973, Page 18
A Catholic blessing for Fred Abbie Peres will be offered Friday at 9 a.m. at White's chapel, 131 Walnut Ave., with Father Fred Foley, S.J., of the University of San Francisco officiating. The American Legion Post M color guard will participate. Following services Friday, interment will be in the family plot in IOOF Cemetery. The rosary will be recited Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at White's chapel.
Perez, 72, was killed Tuesday morning while he was doing yard work outside a home he rented out at the corner of Lighthouse Avenue and Gharkey Street.
Perez, a native of Santa Cruz, was a member of one of Santa Cruz County's oldest families. His home was on property owned by the Perez family for a century. His grandfather, Frederico Perez, founded the family fishing industry in 1863 on the old David Gharkey Wharf, one of three wharves that protruded into Monterey Bay. In early Santa Cruz history, Perez's father, Abbie Blass Perez, and his two uncles, "Big Jim" and John Perez, continued the family business and, according to long-time local fishermen, were known as the "Santa Cruz Fish Kings" along the Pacific coast. Fred Perez got into the business at the age of 12 when he began peddling salmon and halibut on a horse and wagon from the Railroad Wharf.
Of Spanish-Irish descent, Perez attended Laurel School and graduated from Santa Cruz High School. In 1917 he Joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was sent to Peking, China. He reputedly was the first American Marine to enter the Forbidden City. In 1923 he married the former Margaret Soper, also a member of a pioneer Santa Cruz family.
An avid athlete in his younger days, Perez was a member of Ralph Miller's Santa Cruz Beach Plunge Water Carnival swim team and was the first Santa Cruzan to chase the celebrated Duke Kahanamoku across the finish line in a 50-yard sprint in 1920.
Perez also was a boxer and, fighting under the name of Freddie Bell, became middleweight champion of Central California. He later became a licensed boxing judge under the California State Athletic Commission.
Four years ago he went on a six-day[s-a-week] retirement but each Thursday continued to make fish deliveries for Santa Cruz Fisheries to keep in touch with the wharf crowd.
Perez was a member of Holy Cross Church and American Legion Post 64.
Besides his wife, his family members include two sons, Fred L. Perez of Watsonville and John A. Perez of Santa Cruz; two daughters, Betty Lee Soria of Capitola and lona Lemcke of Santa Rosa; seven grandchildren; and four great -grandchildren.
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Mr. Perez's California death record show he was born in 1901. His Social Security record and WWI draft registration show he was born in 1900. On the 1900 U.S. Census, he was listed as 3/12 of a year old on 01 Jun 1900.
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Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz CA) on Wednesday, February 14, 1973, Page 18
A Catholic blessing for Fred Abbie Peres will be offered Friday at 9 a.m. at White's chapel, 131 Walnut Ave., with Father Fred Foley, S.J., of the University of San Francisco officiating. The American Legion Post M color guard will participate. Following services Friday, interment will be in the family plot in IOOF Cemetery. The rosary will be recited Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at White's chapel.
Perez, 72, was killed Tuesday morning while he was doing yard work outside a home he rented out at the corner of Lighthouse Avenue and Gharkey Street.
Perez, a native of Santa Cruz, was a member of one of Santa Cruz County's oldest families. His home was on property owned by the Perez family for a century. His grandfather, Frederico Perez, founded the family fishing industry in 1863 on the old David Gharkey Wharf, one of three wharves that protruded into Monterey Bay. In early Santa Cruz history, Perez's father, Abbie Blass Perez, and his two uncles, "Big Jim" and John Perez, continued the family business and, according to long-time local fishermen, were known as the "Santa Cruz Fish Kings" along the Pacific coast. Fred Perez got into the business at the age of 12 when he began peddling salmon and halibut on a horse and wagon from the Railroad Wharf.
Of Spanish-Irish descent, Perez attended Laurel School and graduated from Santa Cruz High School. In 1917 he Joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was sent to Peking, China. He reputedly was the first American Marine to enter the Forbidden City. In 1923 he married the former Margaret Soper, also a member of a pioneer Santa Cruz family.
An avid athlete in his younger days, Perez was a member of Ralph Miller's Santa Cruz Beach Plunge Water Carnival swim team and was the first Santa Cruzan to chase the celebrated Duke Kahanamoku across the finish line in a 50-yard sprint in 1920.
Perez also was a boxer and, fighting under the name of Freddie Bell, became middleweight champion of Central California. He later became a licensed boxing judge under the California State Athletic Commission.
Four years ago he went on a six-day[s-a-week] retirement but each Thursday continued to make fish deliveries for Santa Cruz Fisheries to keep in touch with the wharf crowd.
Perez was a member of Holy Cross Church and American Legion Post 64.
Besides his wife, his family members include two sons, Fred L. Perez of Watsonville and John A. Perez of Santa Cruz; two daughters, Betty Lee Soria of Capitola and lona Lemcke of Santa Rosa; seven grandchildren; and four great -grandchildren.
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Mr. Perez's California death record show he was born in 1901. His Social Security record and WWI draft registration show he was born in 1900. On the 1900 U.S. Census, he was listed as 3/12 of a year old on 01 Jun 1900.
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