New Jersey to hold three-day state funeral for late Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver

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Published August 4, 2023 5:53 AM

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — 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. Beginning Friday flags on state buildings will fly half-staff in honor of Oliver for the next month.

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