Marion Record on January 29, 1920
Another hero is gone. He won no medals on bloody battlefields. His name is on no earthly roster of fame, but he was a hero just the same, and somehow I can’t help believing that there is a flag eternal containing golden stars in honor of heroes such as he.
“Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.” So I think the peaceful path of life has its heroes no less noble than those who win their laurels amid the roar of cannon and the bursting of bombs. For fifty-five years there has lived among us a courageous character worthy of a soldier’s parting salute – Frank Penland. Deprived of the most precious of all the five senses, sight, for forty years he never lost heart, never asked sympathy or favors, and persisted in performing a man’s part in the practical work of life. In spite of his handicap he directed his farm operations during all these long, darkened years, doing much of the work himself. He won financial success where able bodied men, with perfect vision, failed. He rode to town on his trusted horse and transacted business unaided. His face was always radiant with smiles. He joked about his infirmities. He laughed at calamity. Can there be greater heroism than this? Francis Marion Penland was born near New Paris Ind., October 15, 1839, died January 23, 1920, aged eighty years, three months and nine days. He moved to Marion Sept. 5, 1865. Was married to Eliza Baxter of White City, Kan., March 4, 1868. To them were born two sons and three daughters. Nettie May died at the age of seven. Surviving are the wife, two sons and two daughters; George of Marion, Fred of Sulphur Springs, Mont; Mrs. N. L. Olsen and Mrs. N. G. Smith, both of Marion county. Three brothers and one sister also survive him – one brother in Oklahoma, one in California and the sister in Indiana. Funeral services were held in the Christian church Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Livingstone.
A highly esteemed pioneer, a fine citizen, a faithful and loving husband, a kind father, a good man and a real hero left us when Frank Penland went away to the country from whose bourne no traveler returns.
E. W. H.
Obituary courtesy of Frank's Great-Granddaughter, Nancy Olsen Miller.
Another hero is gone. He won no medals on bloody battlefields. His name is on no earthly roster of fame, but he was a hero just the same, and somehow I can’t help believing that there is a flag eternal containing golden stars in honor of heroes such as he.
“Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.” So I think the peaceful path of life has its heroes no less noble than those who win their laurels amid the roar of cannon and the bursting of bombs. For fifty-five years there has lived among us a courageous character worthy of a soldier’s parting salute – Frank Penland. Deprived of the most precious of all the five senses, sight, for forty years he never lost heart, never asked sympathy or favors, and persisted in performing a man’s part in the practical work of life. In spite of his handicap he directed his farm operations during all these long, darkened years, doing much of the work himself. He won financial success where able bodied men, with perfect vision, failed. He rode to town on his trusted horse and transacted business unaided. His face was always radiant with smiles. He joked about his infirmities. He laughed at calamity. Can there be greater heroism than this? Francis Marion Penland was born near New Paris Ind., October 15, 1839, died January 23, 1920, aged eighty years, three months and nine days. He moved to Marion Sept. 5, 1865. Was married to Eliza Baxter of White City, Kan., March 4, 1868. To them were born two sons and three daughters. Nettie May died at the age of seven. Surviving are the wife, two sons and two daughters; George of Marion, Fred of Sulphur Springs, Mont; Mrs. N. L. Olsen and Mrs. N. G. Smith, both of Marion county. Three brothers and one sister also survive him – one brother in Oklahoma, one in California and the sister in Indiana. Funeral services were held in the Christian church Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Livingstone.
A highly esteemed pioneer, a fine citizen, a faithful and loving husband, a kind father, a good man and a real hero left us when Frank Penland went away to the country from whose bourne no traveler returns.
E. W. H.
Obituary courtesy of Frank's Great-Granddaughter, Nancy Olsen Miller.
Marion Record on January 29, 1920
Another hero is gone. He won no medals on bloody battlefields. His name is on no earthly roster of fame, but he was a hero just the same, and somehow I can’t help believing that there is a flag eternal containing golden stars in honor of heroes such as he.
“Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.” So I think the peaceful path of life has its heroes no less noble than those who win their laurels amid the roar of cannon and the bursting of bombs. For fifty-five years there has lived among us a courageous character worthy of a soldier’s parting salute – Frank Penland. Deprived of the most precious of all the five senses, sight, for forty years he never lost heart, never asked sympathy or favors, and persisted in performing a man’s part in the practical work of life. In spite of his handicap he directed his farm operations during all these long, darkened years, doing much of the work himself. He won financial success where able bodied men, with perfect vision, failed. He rode to town on his trusted horse and transacted business unaided. His face was always radiant with smiles. He joked about his infirmities. He laughed at calamity. Can there be greater heroism than this? Francis Marion Penland was born near New Paris Ind., October 15, 1839, died January 23, 1920, aged eighty years, three months and nine days. He moved to Marion Sept. 5, 1865. Was married to Eliza Baxter of White City, Kan., March 4, 1868. To them were born two sons and three daughters. Nettie May died at the age of seven. Surviving are the wife, two sons and two daughters; George of Marion, Fred of Sulphur Springs, Mont; Mrs. N. L. Olsen and Mrs. N. G. Smith, both of Marion county. Three brothers and one sister also survive him – one brother in Oklahoma, one in California and the sister in Indiana. Funeral services were held in the Christian church Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Livingstone.
A highly esteemed pioneer, a fine citizen, a faithful and loving husband, a kind father, a good man and a real hero left us when Frank Penland went away to the country from whose bourne no traveler returns.
E. W. H.
Obituary courtesy of Frank's Great-Granddaughter, Nancy Olsen Miller.
Another hero is gone. He won no medals on bloody battlefields. His name is on no earthly roster of fame, but he was a hero just the same, and somehow I can’t help believing that there is a flag eternal containing golden stars in honor of heroes such as he.
“Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.” So I think the peaceful path of life has its heroes no less noble than those who win their laurels amid the roar of cannon and the bursting of bombs. For fifty-five years there has lived among us a courageous character worthy of a soldier’s parting salute – Frank Penland. Deprived of the most precious of all the five senses, sight, for forty years he never lost heart, never asked sympathy or favors, and persisted in performing a man’s part in the practical work of life. In spite of his handicap he directed his farm operations during all these long, darkened years, doing much of the work himself. He won financial success where able bodied men, with perfect vision, failed. He rode to town on his trusted horse and transacted business unaided. His face was always radiant with smiles. He joked about his infirmities. He laughed at calamity. Can there be greater heroism than this? Francis Marion Penland was born near New Paris Ind., October 15, 1839, died January 23, 1920, aged eighty years, three months and nine days. He moved to Marion Sept. 5, 1865. Was married to Eliza Baxter of White City, Kan., March 4, 1868. To them were born two sons and three daughters. Nettie May died at the age of seven. Surviving are the wife, two sons and two daughters; George of Marion, Fred of Sulphur Springs, Mont; Mrs. N. L. Olsen and Mrs. N. G. Smith, both of Marion county. Three brothers and one sister also survive him – one brother in Oklahoma, one in California and the sister in Indiana. Funeral services were held in the Christian church Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Livingstone.
A highly esteemed pioneer, a fine citizen, a faithful and loving husband, a kind father, a good man and a real hero left us when Frank Penland went away to the country from whose bourne no traveler returns.
E. W. H.
Obituary courtesy of Frank's Great-Granddaughter, Nancy Olsen Miller.
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