Barbara Olene Keeley, 78, died November 28, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 6, 1932 at Geneva, Nebraska, the daughter of Edgar B. and Lettie (Peugh) Foster. She married Terry Dean Keeley September 19, 1953 at Denver, Colorado. He died May 28, 2004. A resident of Great Bend since 1993, she had previously been a long-time resident of Larned, Kansas. She graduated from North Platte High School in Nebraska and received her RN license from St. Lukes Hospital, Denver, Colorado. She later attained her B. S. degree from Fort Hays State University. She served in many capacities as a nurse for more than forty years. Her last seventeen years of her career was as a forensics nurse at Larned State Security Hospital. She was a member of American Nurses Association, Kansas State Nurses Association, and the Womens Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Larned. Mrs. Keeley was a dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother who thoroughly enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren. She was of the Christian faith. Survivors include two sons: Terry Dean Todd Keeley, Jr., Pawnee Rock, Kansas; and Mike Keeley and wife Jan, Great Bend; four grandchildren: Matt Keeley and wife Jana, Olathe, Kansas; Christy Keeley, Omaha, Nebraska; Cindy Beck and husband Erin, Great Bend; and Beth Keeley, Olathe; two great-grandsons: Cade Keeley and Lukas Beck; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Dorothy Miller and Margaret Casper. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at Bryant Funeral Home. Pastor Don Paden will officiate. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Larned Cemetery, Larned. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 30, 2010 with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the American Diabetes Association, in care of the funeral home.