Bert E. Webb, a retired construction inspector at Aberdeen Proving Ground, died Saturday of heart failure at the Harford Memorial Hospital.

The Mount Union, Pa., native retired in 1973 after working at the Army post for 25 years.

He is survived by his wife, the former Eleanor T. Barnard; a daughter, Ada E. Patterson of Eldersburg; a sister, Beatrice W. Higgins of Havre de Grace; and two brothers, Merrill C. Webb of Altoona, Pa., and James C. Webb of Elyria, Ohio.