Colleen Nell Riegel, 82, died October 7, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 29, 1929 at Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of George W. and Mae L. (Dooley) Fowler. She was a 1947 graduate of Dodge City High School and a 1951 graduate of Emporia State Teachers College. She received her Masters degree from Kansas State University in 1979. She married Jerry Manford Riegel February 14, 1954 at Dodge City. He died December 3, 1978. A Great Bend resident since 1952, Mrs. Riegel was a home economics teacher for Unified School District 428 for twenty-eight years. Mrs. Riegel was a member of First Christian Church. She loved to bake and make candy, travel to Colorado and go four-wheeling. Survivors include two sons: Jeffrey M. Riegel, Great Bend; and Jay Allen Riegel, Great Bend; two sisters: Mariellen Rhoades, Hamilton, Kansas; and Georganne Hiser, Coppell, Texas; one sister-in-law, Cheryl Fowler, Cimarron, Kansas; three grandchildren: Jason M. Riegel, Abra N. Riegel, and Bryce E. Riegel; and two great-grandchildren: Jonah M. Riegel and Jude Riegel. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Lu Anne Riegel; two brothers, George Fowler, Jr., and Donald D. Fowler; and one sister, Evelyn Sutton. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 11, 2012 at First Christian Church. The Reverend William F. Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2012 and from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Thursday, at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to American Cancer Society, in care of the funeral home.