New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver was taken to the historic Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Friday to lie in state. csloantv reports.
, the first lady and a delegation of public officials deeply connected to Oliver over the years stood by. "She's home. This was her home for a long time. She spent an awful lot of time of her career, of her in life in this building," said Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura. "We've been busy in Essex County and at the state to make sure that this queen has the best home going," said State Sen. Theresa Ruiz, one of Oliver's closest political allies.
"I don't think anyone really understood all of the power that she had. She was quiet about that, and she did what she had to do and she get to the finish line in a positive way where nobody was left behind." "She never lost her cool. On the private side we would laugh and cry together. But in public she kept it together because she understood that women get tried more than once in capacities of leadership," said Ruiz.
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