8BD.  Bert Elton Winchester was born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, on Sunday, April 12, 1885, and died in Kent County, Michigan, on March 4, 1945. He was buried in Winchester Cemetery, Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan. He is the son of Ozro LaVerne Winchester and Hannah Gilbert Winchester.

Bert Winchester

Per Donald Winchester: "Uncle Bert never married. He was a true bachelor. Mom [his sister] said he did go to dances when he was young. He also was a very decent person and was always good to my brothers and me. He got diabetes in his early-middle years which turned into 'dropsy', and resulting in congestive heart failure."

As a young man, Bert worked for the Grand Rapids Railway Express Co. Later, he joined his brothers Walter and Orra in a business on the family farm. He probably managed much of the business side of the operation since he was "good with numbers".

"I can't recall ever hearing or knowing of one negative thing about him; he was a true gentleman."

• Walter Joshua Gilbert
• Donald Winchester; February, 2000
• Winchester Cemetery tombstone