Lana Lou Bowser, 64, rural Akron, passed surrounded by her family at 7:14 a.m., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.

Lana was born Sept. 2, 1957, in Rochester, to Norman L. and Rozella M. (Holloway) Tinkey.  She married on Nov. 6, 1977, in the Akron Church of the Brethren to Frederick Wayne Bowser, he survives.

She is survived by her husband Fred Bowser, Akron; children Brent and wife Aryn Bowser, Alyssa and husband Travis Ramsey of Rochester, and Le’Erick and significant other Alex Rockhill of Warsaw; grandchildren Dixie, Benjamin, Maison, Ella, Abbygaile, Braiker; mother Rozella Tinkey of Akron; sister Tana M. Tinkey, Akron; and a brother Bryon and wife Christine, Akron; nephew Johnathan Tinkey.

Hartzler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.