Former Congressman Austin Murphy has died. The longtime Democratic lawmaker passed away on Saturday at the age of 96. Murphy, lived in Monongahela, Farmington and most recently, Carroll Township, served on Speers Borough Council and then as an Assistant District Attorney in Washington County before beginning his legislative service in 1959. He served six terms in the Pennsylvania State House before moving on to the senate in 1971. He stayed there until he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18th in the Frye Funeral Home in Monongahela. Additional visitations will be held from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday, April 19th, in the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, in Charleroi, where funeral services will be held at eleven o’clock. Interment will follow in Howe Cemetery in Coal Center. (Photo: Frye Funeral Home)