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Visitation:
Thursday, June 11,2026 from 9 - 11 a.m. at the Zion
Lutheran Church in Lincoln.
Service:
Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 11 a.m. at the church.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Wayne E. Sheley, 101,
of Lincoln passed away on Friday, May 15, 2026 at
the St. Clara's Rehab and Senior Care Center in
Lincoln.
Funeral Services for Mr. Sheley will be held on
Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the Zion
Lutheran Church in Lincoln with Rev. Mark Thompson
officiating.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 11,2026
from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Lincoln.
Burial will follow in the Zion Cemetery with
Military rites accorded by Lincoln American Legion
Post #263.
Wayne Emerson Sheley was born on June 23,1924 in
rural Lincoln the son of Elmer C. and Georgia
(Sparks) Sheley. He was united in marriage to Myrtle
Maaks on June 18, 1950. She preceded him in death on
August 20, 2002.
He is survived by his children: Sue Ellen Rehtmeyer,
Lynn (Margie) Sheley and Lee (Kathleen) Sheley. Five
grandchildren: Jake (Lauren) Sheley, Amy (Jason)
Kuhlman, Mitchell Sheley, Luke (Jessica) Sheley,
Annie Kowieski. Six great grandchildren: Aiden,
Colton, Violet, Ivy, Landry and Grayson. Two
brothers: Jim (Joan) Sheley and Bob Sheley.
He was preceded in death by his wife, five sisters:
Dorothy Snyder, Virginia Klockenga, Mildred Maaks,
Jessie Rankin, Betty Downs. Four brothers: George
Sheley, Richard Sheley, Homer Sheley, Howard Sheley. |

Wayne graduated from
the Lincoln Community High School in 1941. He then
served in the United States Army during the Korean
Conflict. He later owned and operated the Sheley FS
Station in Lincoln for thirty -seven years.
He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church,
American Legion Post #263 and the Veteran's of
Foreign Wars # 1756 and LinPro Square dance club in
Lincoln.
He went on the Honor Flight to visit Washington D.C.
with the Land of Land of Lincoln Honor Flight.
In Lieu of flowers memorials can be made in his
honor to the Zion Lutheran Church or the Zion
Lutheran School Bleacher Fund, Land of Lincoln Honor
Flight 3010 Cameron Drive Springfield, Illinois
62704-6435
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