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Hiroko Mercedes wife of Perth Amboy Police officer Rafael Mercedes Jr. carries a photograph of her late husband on his jet ski as she exits from the La Asuncion Roman Catholic Church in Perth Amboy. Mercedes died after a accident on his motorcycle on Tuesday July 11th. Officer Mercedes was laid to rest at the Alpine Cemetery also in Perth Amboy on Friday July 14,2006. 40750 PERTH AMBOY METRO (MARK R. SULLIVAN/HNT CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER)