A little more information on Mr. Penland, who sounds like he was quite a character.
From the Find-a-Grave website.
Mr. Penland died September 13, 1950 at Vancouver, Clark County in Washington state.
He had two wives during his long life, both named Elizabeth, and ten children and 50 descendants at the time of his death. He was also the last commander and survivor of the GAR's Department of Oregon. All through life, he preached the virtues of "living carefully."
On September 1, 1950, he flew by plane from Portland to Los Angeles for a meeting of three organizations affiliated with the GAR and returned on the 8th, apparently in good spirits. However, five days later he died at the Veteran's Hospital in Vancouver.
His grave can be found at the Portland Memorial Funeral Home and Mausoleum in Portland. It is on the third floor Harding Section West, Tier 6.
HMdb reports that there is a plaque at the Vancouver Veteran's Affairs Medical Center for a memorial rose garden dedicated to him by the Daughters of Union veterans and Woman's Relief Corps. The plaque is at the base of the site's flagpole, but the rose garden couldn't be found.
Quite a Guy. My hat's Off to Him. --Old B-Runner
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