Memorial for NJ Lt. Gov Sheila Oliver, including eulogy by Al Sharpton, Saturday in Newark
Posted on AllSides August 11th, 2023
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The state funeral and memorial service for New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Gov. Phil Murphy and the Rev. Al Sharpton will both give eulogies. Long lines of mourners paid respect to the path-breaking elected leader during two days that her body laid in state. A gold hearse with the state seal on its door carried her flag-draped coffin to the rotunda at the state capitol on Thursday. Then, her coffin was brought...