Carol Horrigan

CAROL LEE HORRIGAN

Chelsea

Carol Lee Horrigan, 77, of Brooklyn, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.

A Celebration of Life celebrating Carol's life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Haven Community Church near Chelsea with the Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Inurnment immediately following the service will be in Haven Cemetery. A fellowship visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, at Haven Community Church.

Survivors include her husband, Rodney; daughters, Dea Diane Morrison of Chelsea/Brooklyn and Brenda Denise (Eric Johnson) Johnson Horrigan of Sydney, Australia; adopted son/grandson, Spencer Daniel Horrigan of Brooklyn; grandchildren, Spencer Daniel Horrigan, Alissa Rae Johnson, Kiara Johnson, Brianna Hope Morrison and Marci Denise Morrison; and sister, Shirley (Earl) Tiedt Brandt of Sumner.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Arnold and Erna Tiedt.

Carol Lee Tiedt was born April 12, 1940, in Readlyn, Iowa, the daughter of Arnold and Erna (Aschbrenner) Tiedt. On Dec. 23, 1961, she married Rodney Fredrick Horrigan at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Readlyn. Carol was a teacher and taught in Meridian, Miss., Kingsville, Texas, and Beauford, S.C., and for over 20 years at South Tama Community Schools, establishing the home economics department.

Later she also was co-owner of Chelsea Ag Center Inc. for 18 years. In 1996, she was ordained a Pentecostal minister, serving in the mission fields of Russia, Ghana West Africa and Haiti for 21 years.

Memorial donations may be given in her name to the He's Alive International Ministry for church planting in foreign countries, 3049 160th St., Brooklyn, IA 52211.

Online condolences may be left at www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.