Over four hours on Saturday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Oliver's hometown, hundreds of mourners bid their final farewell to New Jersey's first Black woman to hold statewide office.
at the Capitol building in Trenton and again at the Essex County courthouse on Friday., one day after being hospitalized for undisclosed reasons. She had been serving as acting governor at the time because Gov. Phil Murphy was on an overseas vacation, butto Senate President Nick Scutari until Murphy returned. Murphy and the Oliver family have not publicly disclosed herA New Jersey State Police honor guard carries the casket containing the remains of former N.J. Lt. Gov.
“And in the decades since, Sheila rolled up her sleeves — again and again — and dedicated herself to extinguishing the embers of inequality, injustice and indigence,” Murphy said. Multiple speakers said Oliver felt duty-bound to advocate for the interests of her community, which was mostly people of color, disadvantaged and, as Murphy said, “the forgotten families of our state.”
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