Orphy Klempa Explained

Orphy Klempa
State Senate1:West Virginia
District1:1st
Term Start1:December 1, 2010
Term End1:December 10, 2012
Predecessor1:Edwin Bowman
Successor1:Rocky Fitzsimmons
State Delegate2:West Virginia
District2:3rd
Term Start2:December 1, 2006
Term End2:December 1, 2010
Predecessor2:L. Gil White
Chris Wakim
Successor2:Erikka Lynn Storch
Ryan Ferns
Birth Date:9 October 1951
Birth Place:Wheeling, West Virginia
Death Place:Wheeling, West Virginia
Party:Democratic

Orphy Klempa (October 9, 1951 – October 11, 2021) was an American politician who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 3rd district from 2006 to 2010 and in the West Virginia Senate from the 1st district from 2010 to 2012.[1]

He died of bladder cancer on October 9, 2021, in Wheeling, West Virginia at age 70.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former lawmaker Klempa dead at 70 . Wvmetronews.com . 2021-10-12 . 2021-11-05.
  2. Web site: Orphy Klempa, Ex-Lawmaker, Local Labor Leader, Dies at 70 . Theintelligencer.net . 2021-10-12 . 2021-11-04.