Walton Koemel Obituary Graveside services for Walton Charles Koemel, 80, longtime resident of Lamesa and Dawson County, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 15, in Dawson County Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Agape Funeral Home of Lubbock. Mr. Koemel died on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Garrison Geriatric Education and Care Center in Lubbock. He was born on April 17, 1937 in Robstown. He married Betty Joyce Brinkley on August 27, 1961 in Lamesa. He attended Texas Tech University for a major in mechanical engineering and minor in Spanish. While in the Texas Tech University Army ROTC, he served as a S3C in charge of the radar section for the 132nd Field Artillery Battalion of the Texas National Guard and was promoted to S2C radar mechanic. He later served in the Army National Guard as a sergeant. He was a longtime cotton farmer in Dawson County. He built a "Koemel Car, which was a replica of the 1899 Quick Runabout, that he and Betty would drive in the Rodeo Parade every year in Lamesa. He was an avid researcher of insect wings and radio frequencies with two journal articles published: "Relationship of Extremely Low Frequency Radio Emission from Flying Insects to Semiochemical Communication" by Walton C. Koemel and Philip S. Callahan; and, "Extremely Low Frequency Radio Emission in Bat Caves" by Walton C. Koemel. He pursued research on African bees in conjunction with Texas A&M University researchers in Linares, Mexico. He obtained two United States patents in the early 1960s for an engine and rotary weeder farm implements. His wife, who would accompany him on his research travels, typed all of the journal articles and patents for him. Preceding him in death were his wife, Betty Joyce Koemel; his son, Walter Fred Koemel; his parents, Walter A. Koemel Sr. and Clara M. Koemel; his twin brother, Walter A. Koemel Jr.; and his sisters, Ruth Maureen Koemel and Gertrude Koemel McEwen. Survivors include a daughter, Patricia K. Koemel of Lubbock; a sister, Pat Anderson of Lubbock; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three nieces, Marilyn Knighton, Karen Munson and Kathy Bishop; and two nephews, Jim McEwen and Ron McEwen. Services

Graveside Service Tuesday August 15, 2017 1:00 PM Lamesa Memorial Park