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Fairview Cemetery & Arboretum (Westfield, New Jersey)

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Fairview Cemetery & Arboretum is a cemetery and accredited arboretuminWestfield, 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."^[1]

Notable burials[edit]

Virginia Apgar (1909–1974), pioneer of neonatology and the Apgar score^[2]
Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993–2015), singer and TV star^[3]
Joe Collins (1922–1989), baseball player^[4]
Charles N. Fowler (1922–1989), US Congressman^[5]
Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer and actress ^[3]
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[edit]

^ "History". Westfieldnj.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

^ 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."

^ ^a ^b Griffith, Janelle. "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."

^ Keman, Kevin. "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"

^ Fowler, Charles Newell, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed February 10, 2023."interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J."

External links[edit]

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