Puentes, a ‘beacon’ in Salem with long civic resume, dies at 76
George Puentes, a long-time Salem civic leader and business executive, died Friday, Oct. 13, at his home in Idaho, after contending with cancer for 10 years. He was 76.
“The city of Salem has lost one of its beacons in George,” said Ricardo Baez, his brother-in-law. “He loved our community. He loved Salem.”
Puentes retired in 2014 from the tortilla manufacturing firm he established in Salem in 1979, Don Pancho Authentic Mexican Foods Inc. Baez…
