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Submitted: 10/30/20 • Approved: 11/6/20 • Last Updated: 11/9/20 • R1347727-G0-S3
May 15, 1947 - November 10, 2016
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Sunday, November 13, 2016
BELLA VISTA — E. Burt Willoughby, 69, passed away on Nov. 10, 2016, in Bella Vista. He was born on May 15, 1947, to the late Harley "HB" and Mary Eathel (Loving) Willoughby in Wentworth, Mo.
He was the loving husband of Freda (Baum) Willoughby.
He served as a U.S. Army Military Police Officer and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a plumbing and mechanical contractor who owned and operated several businesses throughout his career. He retired from construction in 2015 and opened Willoughby Used Auto & Equipment. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on cars, training his dog, and spoiling his grandkids.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Thomas Willoughby and sister, Lee Carter.
Burt is survived by his son, Edward Willoughby and wife, Diane of Joplin, Mo.; daughters, Michelle Thomas and husband, John of Pea Ridge and Cara Kellhofer and husband, Todd of Bella Vista; brothers, Earl (Dorothy) Willoughby, Jack (Vicki) Willoughby of Bella Vista, Carry (Martha) Willoughby of Monett, Mo.; sisters, Hetty Kyger of Elkins, Onieta (Bill) Pyle of Siloam Springs, Mary Fritz of Fort Worth, Texas, and Wilma Kinder of Knob Noster, Mo.; six grandchildren, Dustin (Molly) Thomas, Tylor Thomas, Lorelei and Hayden Kellhofer, Camdyn and Kendyl Willoughby; numerous nieces and nephews and his dog, Shaska.
A visitation will be on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Rollins Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral service will be on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Rollins Chapel with burial to follow at Bentonville City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Sheep Dog, www.sheepdogia.org, or the Bella Vista Humane Society.
Online condolences can be made at www.rollinsfuneral.com.
Married June 27, 1970
Contributed on 10/30/20 by judyfrog
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