ZAPATA, TEXAS---Eliamar Z. Puentes 77, passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2020 at Falcon Lake Nursing Home in Zapata, Texas.

Mrs. Puentes is preceded in death by her husband, Arnulfo Puentes.

Mrs. Puentes is survived by her son, Arnulfo Puentes Jr.; daughters, Martha Puentes, Norma Puentes, Maria (Mario) Vega, Imelda Puentes; grandchildren, Arnulfo Puentes III, Valeria Puentes, Vanessa Puentes, Esmeralda Puentes, Jesus Rivera, Saul Rivera, Joanna Rivera, Eliaerica Gonzalez, Ignacio Gonzalez, Raul E. Ontiveros Jr., Alex Ontiveros, Santiago Ontiveros, Martin Mata Jr. Cynthia Gonzalez, Julio Alvarado, Lizette Guillen, Martin Guillen, Jose Elizondo Jr., Mario Vega Jr., Evelyn Vega; numerous great grandchildren and one great-grandchild, Ethan Navarro.

Visitation hours will be held on Friday, September 24, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a wake at 7:00 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home.

A chapel service will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home.

Committal services will follow at Zapata County Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.