Mrs. Carol Lee Nordeen, 69, of Lansing, MI, died peacefully in her home after a battle with leukemia. Born in Dexter, Iowa, Carol was the youngest of eight children. She found Jesus at the age of 14, and it transformed her life. Carol graduated from Earlham High School, and then married her first husband, Dan Depue, with whom she had two daughters.

After her husband's death, she met and married Dan Nordeen in 1997, and he brought a daughter and a son to the union. She was truly a woman of God. Carol was very creative and had many hobbies over the years. She loved to paint and had a wonderful flower garden. The world was more beautiful because she was in it.

Carol was proceeded in death by: two sisters, Emily (Gordon) and Jane (Larry). She is survived by: her husband, Dan Nordeen; daughters, Danielle (Sean) Gulliford of Hubbardston, Amber (Robert) Warner of Dewitt, Jessica (Patrick) Horgan of East Lansing; son, Dane (Katrina) Nordeen of Chicago; two sisters, Pat (Dick) and Mary (Bruce); and three brothers, Tom (Linda), Bob (Lorrie) and Jim (Sherry); 15 grandchildren, Dalamar, Dominic, Taija, Kristin, Jonathon, Benjamin, Kayla, Garrett, Anakin, Chloe, Blake, TJ, CeCe, Ava, Yana; and three great-grandchildren, Axton, Atlas and Ezra.

Arrangements for Mrs. Nordeen are as follows: