Diane Buschke

1954 - 2025

Diane passed away at home after a recent diagnosis of cancer. She was born in Long Beach, California, the younger of two daughters of Dale Buschke, a California State Park Ranger, and Mary Ann Buschke. She lived her childhood in a series of state parks--Pfeiffer Big Sur, Morro Bay, D.L. Bliss at Lake Tahoe, Humboldt Redwoods, Prairie Creek Redwoods, and Jack London in Sonoma County. She graduated from Sonoma Valley High School and then UC Berkeley, with additional classes at Fresno State. She worked at both federal and state parks in California before moving to Oregon, eventually returning to Sonoma County. Never married, she took many solo trips around the world, including New Zealand, Egypt, London, Japan, China, and Germany. She was intelligent, funny, and dependable, and had many interests; she was indispensable in the care of her parents. A cross-country skier when she was younger, she was a devoted fan of the winter Olympics.

She is survived by her loving mother, Mary Ann Buschke, and sister Linda Buschke Hamaoka. Intensely private, she wished there to be no services.