Lyle E. Dodson, 73, died March 25, 2008, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Sept. 10, 1934, in Gainesville, Mo., the son of Elvert and Hazel Pierce Dodson. A resident of Great Bend most of his life, he owned and operated Rosencrantz-Bemis Water Well Service, Great Bend, and Darling Drilling Company, Hutchinson. He was of the Christian faith. He was a member of Cheyenne Sportsman's Club, American Quarter Horse Association and the Kansas Water Well Association. On May 10, 1952, he married Fredia Coatney in Mountain Home, Ark. She survives. Other survivors include: two sons, Steven and wife, Jacque, Wichita, and Greg and wife Teresa, Hutchinson; a daughter, Lora Alefs and husband Kenny, Great Bend; a brother, Joe, St. John; a sister, Jean Riel, Yuma, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, with the Rev. Dick Ogle presiding. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery North, Great Bend. Memorials may be sent to the Kansas Groundwater Association Scholarship Fund or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in care of the funeral home.