New Jersey will send off Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who died after being hospitalized this week, with a three-day state funeral.
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement that Oliver's remains would lie in state in the Capitol rotunda Thursday, followed by a similar honor in her home county's historic courthouse on Aug. 11. A funeral is set for Aug. 12 in Newark's Basilica of the Sacred Heart.Oliver died Tuesday, just a day after the governor's office said she was admitted to a hospital with an undisclosed medical issue.
Oliver, also a Democrat, was the first Black woman to hold statewide elected office in New Jersey, winning the vote alongside Murphy in 2017 and again in 2021. She was a well-known figure in state government and made history in 2010 by becoming the first Black woman to lead the state Assembly.In 2021, she signed a bill that established a pilot program to overhaul the state’s juvenile justice system in four cities and that aimed to reintegrate young people into their communities.
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