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House honors late state Rep. David Brumbaugh

By: Associated Press//April 17, 2017//

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House honors late state Rep. David Brumbaugh

House honors late state Rep. David Brumbaugh

By: Associated Press//April 17, 2017//

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The empty chair of Oklahoma state Rep. David Brumbaugh, R-Broken Arrow, is draped with a state flag on the floor of the House in Oklahoma City on Monday. Brumbaugh, 56, died at his home Saturday. State Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, right, looks on. (AP photo/Sue Ogrocki)
The empty chair of Oklahoma state Rep. David Brumbaugh, R-Broken Arrow, is draped with a state flag on the floor of the House in Oklahoma City on Monday. Brumbaugh, 56, died at his home Saturday. State Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, right, looks on.
(AP photo/Sue Ogrocki)
OKLAHOMA CITY – Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives honored late state Rep. David Brumbaugh.

Brumbaugh was a Republican from Broken Arrow who died Saturday at age 56. A cause of death has not been released.

On Monday, a folded U.S. flag was placed in Brumbaugh’s desk and an Oklahoma flag was draped across his empty chair.

Brumbaugh had served in the House since 2010 and was chairman of the Republican caucus.

Funeral services have not been announced.

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