About Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary
Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary is a memorial park near Orange, Orange County, California. It lies about 1.2 mi northwest of Orange. The grounds sit at about 197 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 34 notable people buried here, including Leo Fender, Corrie ten Boom and Douglas Corrigan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 242142. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fairhaven Memorial Park, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary in Santa Ana, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 23 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 23 listings in Orange County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Orange. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary
Among them: 5 football players, 5 artists, 3 actors, 3 aviators and astronauts, 3 baseball players, 3 business leaders, 3 inventors and engineers, 3 World War II veterans.
- Leo Fender1909-1991American inventor and founder of the Fender company
- Corrie ten Boom1892-1983Dutch resistance hero and writer
- Douglas Corrigan1907-1995American aviator
- Glenn L. Martin1886-1955Aviation pioneer
- Pamela Courson1946-1974American artist and common-law wife of Jim Morrison
- Bessica Medlar Raiche1875-1932American aviator, dentist, and physician
- Clyde Bruckman1894-1955American film director and writer
- William Ching1913-1989American actor
- Teddy Tetzlaff1883-1929American racing driver
- Margaret Irving1898-1988American actress
- William Mortensen1897-1965American photographer
- Frank Cuprien1871-1948American landscape painter
Show all 34 notable burials
- Guy Murchie1907-1997American journalist
- Jim Musick1910-1992Player of American football
- Ray Richards1906-1974American football player and coach
- Rollin R. Rees1865-1935United States Representative from Kansas
- Bob Nieman1927-1985American baseball player
- Daniel Halladay1826-1916American businessman
- Hank Edwards1919-1988American baseball player
- Chick Brandom1887-1958Major League Baseball pitcher
- Janet Zaph Briggs1912-1974American metallurgist
- Leo Calland1901-1984American football player and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator
- Curt Youel1911-1968Junior college football coach
- Fran Gerard1948-1985American model
- Jennie Lasby Tessmann1882-1959American spectroscopist and college educator
- Joan Irvine Smith1933-2019American philanthropist
- John Ward1907-1968American football player
- Ruth Peabody1893-1966American painter
- William H. Spurgeon III1916-1970American businessman
- Elmer M. Robbins1889-1920American editor and publisher
- Henry Squarebriggs Mackay1860-1948
- James C. Barnett1896-1980U.S. Army officer
- American photographer
- Lynn J. Butcher1883-1975American photographer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
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What Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Fairhaven Memorial Park1702 Fairhaven Avenue, Santa Ana, CAMemorial park0.2 mi
- Santa Ana Cemetery1919 East Santa Clara Avenue, Santa Ana, CACemetery0.4 mi
- St. John's Lutheran CemeteryOrange, CALutheran cemetery0.4 mi
- Melrose Abbey Memorial ParkOrange, CAMemorial park3.3 mi
- Holy Sepulcher CemeteryVilla Park, CACemetery4.9 mi
- Anaheim CemeteryAnaheim, CACemetery5.8 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryAnaheim, CACatholic cemetery6.7 mi
- Yorba CemeteryYorba Linda, CACemetery7.2 mi
- Harbor Lawn-Mount Olive Memorial ParkFountain Valley, CAMemorial park7.5 mi
- Magnolia Memorial Park and GardensStanton, CAMemorial park7.7 mi
Funeral homes near Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary
- Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary0.1 miMortuary · Santa Ana · (714) 633-1442
- Continental Funeral Home Santa Ana0.5 miFuneral home · Santa Ana · (714) 771-1238
- Funeraria Latina La Serenidad Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Santa Ana · (714) 363-3227
- Funerarias en Orange County0.9 miFuneral home · Santa Ana · (714) 623-4710
- Shannon Family Mortuary1.1 miMortuary · Orange · (714) 771-1000
- Chapman Funeral Homes1.1 miFuneral home · Orange · (714) 628-0447
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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