7-year-old Jeremy Perez is remembered
Pastor Danny Santa Cruz addresses the friends and family of Jeremy Perez at a memorial service last Saturday. Photo On Saturday afternoon, eight days after losing 7-year-old Jeremy Perez in a parking lot accident at a neighborhood grocery story, his family and members of the community where the boy so vibrantly lived his life gathered at the beach to remember him. Jeremy was remembered as a happy-go-lucky student who paid attention to those less socially adept than himself. He was remembered as a loving son, an inspiring little brother, and an irrepressible sprite of a neighbor who made himself known and well-loved throughout a wide swath of territory near his North Redondo Beach home. “He had a personality bigger than most people, ages 20 to 50,” said Joshua Perez, Jeremy’s 19-year-old brother, speaking to the roughly 70 people who gathered for a memorial service on the beach near 28th Street in Manhattan Beach. “He had so much panache and so much life, and energy just to be exuded, and it just seemed to rub off on everybody. He was just such a strong, caring, loving individual, more than I’ve ever seen in anybody. It’s just really incredible that a child can have such amazing…
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