George Bliss passes

[Paul Danik]

The Penton Owners Group has lost a great friend in the passing of George Bliss. The link below will take you to George's obituary.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/morningjournal/obituary.aspx?n=george-orlando-bliss&pid=181209412

   One of my favorite memories of George occurred a few years back when he was involved with the POG display at the Cleveland venue of the Progressive International Motorcycle Show. George's prized BMW that he had modified for use in the running of the Jackpine many years ago was displayed in the POG booth, just across the aisle from the "official" BMW display.

     To George's delight, the BMW enthusiasts would be lined up to look at those new and shiny BMWs, then they would catch a glimpse of George's "modified for the woods" machine and migrate across the isle and be greeted by an ever smiling George who would answer all of their questions.

    I can still picture George walking into the show several hours before the public was allowed in, he had an ear to ear grin and he was just so excited.

   The link below will take you to a picture of George on his Penton at the POG 40/10 event.

http://www.pentonusa.org/GalleryServerPro/default.aspx?moid=2162&hr=1

    Al Buehner did an excellent Member Profile on George in issue #60 Fall of 2013 of Still....Keeping Track.

    George is in the John Penton movie as well, he was a true friend of the Penton family with an outstanding knowledge of the Penton family history as well as the motorcycle history.

    George, you will be truly missed. Rest in Peace.
Paul

[ALB]

I am happy to have had the opportunity to meet and get to know George Bliss. In order to write his member profile, I had met with him several times at his house (the family farm). He was an interesting character. At that time he was on oxygen 24/7 and he had an oxygen tank on small dolly that he wheeled around with him. But that did not slow him down. At the time of our meeting he was working on one of his tractors. He gave me the nickle tour of his farm on his quad. When we went into his barn to take photos of his BMW and 1968 Penton, there was another older tracker, halfway dismantled that he was in the process of restoring. He was a lot like John Penton. Always on the go, always something to do, and doing it.
    The link to the photo of George at the Penton 40th (that Paul Danik added to his posting) with him sitting on his Penton Six Days brings back my best memory of George and seeing him there. To an outsider it looks like an 80+ year old guy on a motorcycle, but if you look closely at the look on George's face you will see a young man, excited to be riding his trusty Penton motorcycle one more time.
    Getting to know George and many of the POG members has been a blessing for me, all because of this wonderful Penton Owners Group.

Alan Buehner

[Toolsurfer]

God Bless, Amen