Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
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| Location | 500 Fairview Avenue Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Non-denominational |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Fairview Cemetery |
Fairview Cemetery, also known as Fairview Memorial Park and Mausoleum, is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades. It is bordered by North Bergen, Broad Avenue, and Fairview Avenue, across from which is Mount Moriah Cemetery.[1] The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad right-of-way at western portal of the Edgewater Tunnel passes through the cemetery.
Notable interments
[edit]There are several graves of Spanish–American War veterans in the cemetery.[2]
Among others interred are:
- August Chandron (1866–1947), United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Alexander Esau (1957–1977), Murder victim of serial killer David Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam
- Willie Garoni (1877–1914), Professional baseball player
- Ray Gillen (1959–1993), American rock singer
- Gilbert Hatfield (1855–1921), Major League baseball player
- James Jonas Madison (1884–1922), World War I Medal of Honor recipient
- John Marin (1870–1953), American artist
- Willard Marshall (1921–2000), Major League baseball player
- Eddie August Schneider (1911–1940), American aviator
- Isabel Patterson Springer (1880–1917), Socialite and subject of book Murder at Brown Palace[3]
- Marshall Van Winkle (1869–1957), United States Congressman
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fairview Cemetery". Bergen County: Fairview. Jewish Cemetery Project. 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ A list of Spanish American Veterans buried in New Jersey, Spanish American War Centiennial, retrieved 2013-10-03
- ^ Kreck, Dick (May 2010), Murder at Brown Palace, Fulcrum Publishers, ISBN 978-1-55591-463-9