Wayne Charles Buse,
69, of Chestnut died Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 1:55 a.m. at St.
John's Hospice in Springfield.
Visitation was Tuesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
His funeral was Wednesday
morning at First United Methodist Church in Lincoln,
with the Rev. Ray Hudson officiating.
Military rites
accompanied the burial in Richmond Grove Cemetery, rural New
Holland.
Mr. Buse had worked
at Lehn and Fink in Lincoln and farmed in Logan County.
He was a U.S. Army
veteran of the Korean War.
He was born July 27,
1933, in Lincoln to Fred and Frieda Buse. He married Jeanette Mosier
on June 24, 1955, at the First United Methodist Church. She died
Aug. 20, 1998.
Surviving are three
sons, Robert W. (and Kathy) Buse of Beason, Darren W. Buse of New
Holland and B. Lynn (and Tammy) Buse of Hartsburg; eight
grandchildren; one brother, Melvin Buse of Lincoln; and one sister,
Dorothy Cheney of Allenville.
He was a member of
First United Methodist Church of Lincoln.
He was associated
with the Railsplitter Festival and the Craft Guild of New Salem and
Clayville for a number of years.
Memorials may be made to the educational
fund at Chester-East Lincoln School or to the Railsplitter Festival.
