According to her sister Gertie's obituary, Bessie preceded her in death.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWJ-4MQ : accessed 30 May 2017), Bessie Burms in household of Lilly Burms, Simpson Township Simpson vill., Johnson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 6B, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,309.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie: