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Speaker Michael Busch Lies in Repose in MD State House

House Speaker Michael Busch (D-MD)
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House Speaker Michael Busch (D-MD)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch will lie in repose in the rotunda of the Maryland State House.

Public visitation is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Monday in Annapolis. It will continue until 7 p.m. Monday.

Public visitation will resume Tuesday from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m.

A funeral service has been scheduled for 11 am. Tuesday at St. John Neuman Church in Annapolis.

A reception honoring Busch will follow the service on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Atkinson Tower at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Busch, the longest serving House speaker in the state's history, died earlier this month at age 72. He was first elected to the House in 1986 and became speaker in 2003.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.