Belinda Ann Willett

Belinda Ann Moore Willett of Ankeny and previously Davenport, Iowa, died in Des Moines on May 27, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2024 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home (8201 Hickman Rd. Urbandale, IA) with visitation taking place one hour prior beginning at 12:30 p.m. Burial will follow in the Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines.

The daughter of Francis William Moore and Luella Marie Smith Moore, Belinda was born in Des Moines on May 22, 1949. After graduating from North High School in Des Moines, she completed degrees in English and Reading at the University of Iowa where she met her future husband Lance Willett. They were married August 10, 1974.

Belinda started her teaching career, which spanned 42 years, first in Atchison, Kansas, followed by English and reading positions in the Muscatine and Davenport Community School Districts.  She also taught a reading instruction class as an Adjunct Instructor at St Ambrose University.

During her retirement years in Davenport, she became an active volunteer in the Tri City Garden Club, Tuesday Club, PEO Chapter LM, and the Davenport Public Library.

Belinda and Lance have one son, Brent Moore Willett.  Also surviving are Brent’s wife Emily H. Willett,and their daughters Kate and Ellie Willett of Ankeny. She is also survived by her sisters Karen Marie Duregger of Garner, Iowa, and Mary Jane Goodrich of Prescott, Arizona.

In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of Belinda’s career as an educator may be made to Bethany for Children and Families’ Nurturing Parents Program, 1701 River Dr. Suite 200, Moline, Illinois, 61265 or at www.bethany-QC.org. Memorials may also be made in memory of Belinda to the Ankeny School Foundation, PO Box  1191 Ankeny, Iowa 50023.