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Fairview Cemetery & Arboretum (Westfield, New Jersey)

Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey

Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey

Fairview Cemetery & Arboretum is a cemetery and accredited arboretum in Westfield, New Jersey. It is a member of the American Public Gardens Association.

The cemetery was founded in 1868 and is 105 acres. It is "non-sectarian, non-profit organization, owned and operated solely for the benefit of its Property Owners."

Notable burials

  • Virginia Apgar (1909–1974), pioneer of neonatology and the Apgar score
  • Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993–2015), singer and TV star
  • Joe Collins (1922–1989), baseball player
  • Charles N. Fowler (1922–1989), US Congressman
  • Cissy Houston (1933–2024), singer
  • Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer and actress
  • Claydes Charles Smith (1948–2006), co-founder of Kool & the Gang
  • William Miller Sperry (1858–1927), namesake of the William Miller Sperry Observatory and brother of Thomas Sperry.

References

References

  1. "History". Westfieldnj.com.
  2. [https://www.sttammanylibrary.org/blogs/post/women-in-history-dr-virginia-apgar/ Women in History- Dr. Virginia Apgar], St. Tammany Parish Library, June 19, 2019. Accessed February 10, 2023. "She is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield."
  3. Griffith, Janelle. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2015/08/bobbi_kristina_brown_arrives_westfield_cemetery.html "Bobbi Kristina Brown laid to rest at cemetery where Whitney Houston is buried"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], August 3, 2015. Accessed February 10, 2023. "About a dozen fans gathered at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield today to catch a glimpse of the casket of Bobbi Kristina Brown before she was laid to rest beside her mother, late pop icon Whitney Houston."
  4. Keman, Kevin. [https://nypost.com/2006/04/23/baseballs-bury-bury-good-to-him/ "Baseball’S Bury, Bury Good To Him"], ''[[New York Post]]'', April 23, 2006. Accessed February 10, 2023. "Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.: Joe Collins (Yankees first baseman):Lenape Section,Lot 238"
  5. [https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000320 Fowler, Charles Newell], [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]. Accessed February 10, 2023."interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J."
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