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Robert “Bob” Winchester

Also Bob Winchester · Robert Winchester

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TypePerson
ErasModern era
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Person
Active
fl. 1974
Work
Tombstone-inscription service provider
Eras
Modern era
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heritagecommunity

Summary

Robert “Bob” Winchester was named as the Charlevoix contact for a proposed spring service to place names and dates on tombstones. Courier coverage identifies him as the local Winchester Funeral Home operator.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not name a cemetery or establish that the proposed work occurred. Later local material resolves the full name and funeral-home affiliation, but does not establish a birth date; a recent historical-society membership listing is not used to infer a death date.

Sources

  1. A notice attributed to Mary McDonough asks people interested in having names and dates placed on tombstones to contact Bob Winchester in Charlevoix so that someone could come in spring and do the work together. It supplies no trade record, cemetery, customer list, or completed work.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Charlevoix Courier, 1977, “New mortician joins Winchester.”
    Identifies Robert Winchester as the operator of Winchester Funeral Home in Charlevoix. The distinctive city and funeral-related work provide the identity bridge to the 1974 tombstone-service contact; this source does not supply vital dates. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie1977unse
  4. Lists Robert Winchester as a Charlevoix Historical Society life member. It is evidence of a recent public listing, not proof of a birth date or present vital status.

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Robert “Bob” Winchester”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/robert-bob-winchester/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1974, “Notice.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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