When William Friederick Alfred Buske was born on 22 July 1912, in Gilmore City, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States, his father, Wilhelm Frederick Buske, was 23 and his mother, Ida Bertha Julius, was 19. He married Adeline Ernestine Engel on 1 September 1940, in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lake Township, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 April 2002, in Manson, Calhoun, Iowa, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Palmer, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States.