Father to son Keith and daughter Marisa; devoted grandfather to his cherished grandson Jacob.
Predeceased by his brothers Lennox, Neil, and Lloyd.
Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Bert enjoyed youth as a lover of outdoors and music, boating and the sea. After emigrating to Canada in 1968, he embarked on a long, successful career in the office of Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines until his retirement in 1994. In his later years as a resident of Greenboro-South Keys, he happily rediscovered his love of animals and birds.
Many thanks to the doctors and nurses of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the MCK Clinic at the Riverside Hospital, and the Ottawa Hospital General Campus.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, followed by a funeral service in the chapel and a reception at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home, 1411 Hunt Club Road, Ottawa ON K1V 1A6.
Donations in memory of Bert can be made to the Ottawa Humane Society.