House Speaker Michael E. Busch will lie Monday under the State House dome in Annapolis, the start of two days of public funeral observances.

Busch, 72, died Sunday after undergoing several days of treatment for pneumonia. His death overshadowed the final day of the 2019 General Assembly session, which was full of emotional remembrances as lawmakers mourned the passing of a man many called “coach.”

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Busch will be transported from the John M. Taylor Funeral Home on Duke of Gloucester Street Monday at noon, a spokesman for Busch’s family said Tuesday afternoon.

An honor guard made up of officers from the Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland State and Department of General Services police departments as well as the military will meet him and escort him into the State House, a spokesman for the speaker’s office said.

He will lie in the rotunda under the State House Dome, just around the corner from the speaker’s office he occupied for 16 years, the spokesman said.

The State House will be open for viewing from 1 to 7 p.m. A member of the military will stand honor guard by his remains overnight.

The historic seat of state government will then reopen so the public can pay respects from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday.

From there, a procession led by a state police escort will take Busch’s remains to St. John Neumann Catholic Church at 620 Bestgate Road. The funeral service will be held starting at 11 a.m. Deacon Leroy Moore will officiate.

After the service is completed, a reception will be open to the public from 1 to 4:30 p.m. in the Atkinson Tower at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Rowe Boulevard.

A shuttle will operate between the gold side parking lot at the stadium and the church.

Busch’s wife Cindy and their daughters, Erin and Megan, have set up the Michael E. Busch Memorial Fund. Proceeds will be used to establish scholarships in his name.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made at Annapolis High School, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts and St. Mary’s School.

Details of the scholarship will be announced later.

Tributes from colleagues

On Monday, the Maryland Senate opened with tributes to Busch. Some of those lawmakers started as delegates and worked with the state’s longest serving Speaker of the House.

The Anne Arundel County Delegation released a statement saying Busch’s impact could be seen across the county and state.

“He was the backbone of our Delegation and coached countless leaders,” the delegation wrote. “Speaker Busch dedicated his life to public service and bettering Anne Arundel County and the State of Maryland for generations. He was a champion for education, the environment, equal rights, and supporting the most vulnerable in our state.”

Busch’s bout with pneumonia was his third health scare in three years following a liver transplant and an unscheduled heart bypass surgery.