Josephine (Mercado) Perez, 66, died peacefully from a brief and
sudden illness surrounded by her family Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003,
at Saint Louise Hospital.
Josephine (Mercado) Perez, 66, died peacefully from a brief and sudden illness surrounded by her family Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003, at Saint Louise Hospital.
She was a native of Santa Maria. Mrs. Perez moved to Gilroy with her parents and has been a resident ever since. She worked as a cannery worker for many years at several canneries.
She is survived by her children Louie Cortez, of San Diego, Linda Cortez, Margaret Walling, Christopher Walling and Jesse Perez, all of Gilroy.
She was preceded in death by her beloved son Frank Nathan Walling and parents Fidel and Maria Mercado and son-in-law Delfino Garcia, of Gilroy. She also leaves behind six grandchildren, Isaiah Amaya, Anissa Amaya, Joseph Franco and Nathan Acosta, all of Gilroy, Kristina and Carissa Cortez, of San Diego; great-grandchildren Alyssa Cortez, of San Diego, and Brandon Castillo, of Gilroy; sisters Raquel Mercado and Dolores Mercado, both of Gilroy, Rosemary Garcia, of Morgan Hill, Irene Pattison, of Pahrump, Nev., Ascension Charvez, of Port Orchard, Wash.; brothers, Solomon Mercado, of Gilroy, and Fidel Mercado Jr. of Santa Cruz; brother-in-laws Jim Pattison, of Pahrump, and Carlos Charvez, of Port Orchard, and the late Donald Garcia; sister-in-laws Polly Mercado, of Gilroy, and Paula Mercado, of Santa Cruz; and nieces and nephews.
Memorial Services will be Wednesday at noon at the First Baptist Church, 8455 Wren Ave., under the direction of Habing Family Funeral Home.
