Willard "Bill" R. Burt, Jr., 91, of Coal Valley, died Friday, November 22, 2024 at Silvercrest at Garner, Davenport, IA.  A funeral service will be at 11:30 am Friday, November 29, 2024 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Milan.  Visitation will be from 10-11:30 am Friday, November 29, 2024 at the church.  Burial will take place at the Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors will be presented.  Memorials may be made in care of Concordia Seminary.  Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, is assisting the family.

Bill was born in Norfolk County, Virginia on February 20, 1933, a son of Willard R. Sr. and Violet E. Williams Burt.  He married Rose I. Koplin on December 27, 1957 in Virginia.  She preceded him in death on September 15, 2008.

Bill was a U.S. Army veteran.  He retired as a program monitor from the Rock Island Arsenal.

Bill is a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Milan.  He enjoyed fishing and collecting old airplanes.

Those left to cherish his memory include his children, Heather L. (Ronald) Feltman, Timothy R. (Tara) Burt, Amy L. (Mickey) Mays and Andrew R. Burt; grandchildren, Seth Lancaster, Noah and Lexi Mays, Amanda and Austin Burt and Paige Herrera; and great-grandchildren, Grant and Zoey Lancaster and Lydia Herrera.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and brother, Robert E. Burt.

Online condolences, memories and expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at wheelanpressly.com