Maurice Wayne Buesking

Buesking

Maurice Wayne Buesking 94, of Decatur died on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.

A visitation with family and friends will be held at noon on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at Tanzyus Logan Funeral Service and Care (2442 North Route 121 Decatur, Illinois 62526). A graveside and burial with Military Honors will be at Camp Butler National Cemetery (5063 Camp Butler Rd. Springfield, Illinois 62707). In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to the Macon County Honor Guard. Tanzyus Logan Funeral Service and Care is in charge of the arrangements.
Wayne was born in May of 1932, in Strasburg, Illinois, son of Leverett and Helen Buesking. He married Barbara in Decatur in 1954 and together they raised a beautiful family. Wayne served in the Army and worked twenty-nine years for Firestone. He was a member of Pilgrim Lutheran Church and the Charles Parlier Chapter of the American Legion and Strasburg American Legion. Wayne loved fishing and his family.

Survived by his wife Barbara, daughter; Cheryle (Douglas) Savage, three grandchildren, Whitney (Andrew) Howe, Rowan (Daniel Patterson) Savage, Nicolas (Eleanor Seal) Savage, four great grandchildren; Jensen, Davis, Mason and Walker Howe, sisters, Retha (Bob) Wheeler, Marge (Jim) Anderson, and brother, Fred (Eunice) Buesking.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Please sign the family guestbook at www.tanzyusloganmemorialpages.com.