Dessie is survived by two daughters, Katherine Rose Bowman Browning and husband Rich of Mt. Lake Park and Annette Marie Bowman Chapman and husband Terry of Oakland; two sons, James Luke Bowman of New Palestine, IN and Bryon Albert Bowman and fiancée Tracy Humberson of McHenry; grandchildren, Amy Lynn Zimmerman Flanigan and husband Alex of Mt. Lake Park, Emily Laurissa Bowman Vetter and husband Adam of Seattle, WA, Terry Sean Chapman, Ashton Marie Chapman and Jaclyn Rose Chapman, all of Oakland, Charles Granke of Arizona, Andrew Granke of Oakland Rick Madigan of Oakland and Melissa Madigan of Luke; great grandchildren, David James Flanigan, Brooklynn Rose Flanigan , Willow Jane Vetter, Luke Joseph Vetter , Tristen Granke, Cooper Granke, Hailey Granke, Sydney Granke, Ethan Granke, Hayden Granke, Max Granke, Sierra Sutton, Payton Sutton, Tara Moreland, Nikki Beckman and Jessica Sharpless; great great grandchildren, Gabriella Moreland, Dakota Beckman and Shelby Beckman; siblings, Elinor Wigfield and husband Joseph of Cumberland, Leota Martin of Crellin and Patience Fitzwater of Oakland.