About Willowbrook Cemetery
Willowbrook Cemetery is a cemetery near Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 0.9 mi south of Westport. The grounds sit at about 43 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including John B. Watson, Fritz Reiner and Mort Walker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 212161. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harding Funeral Home in Westport, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Fairfield County dates to 1680. 5 of the 242 listings in Fairfield County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Westport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Willowbrook Cemetery
Among them: 4 artists, 2 musicians, 2 World War II veterans, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 governor, 1 Korean War veteran.
- John B. Watson1878-1958American psychologist (1878
- Fritz Reiner1888-1963Hungarian American orchestra conductor
- Mort Walker1923-2018American comic strip cartoonist
- Alexander Kipnis1891-1978Russian-American operatic bass
- James Earle Fraser1876-1953American artist
- John Calhoun Sheppard1850-1931American politician
- Laura Gardin Fraser1889-1966American artist
- Clifford B. Wilson1879-1943American politician
- Morris Ketchum1796-1880American railway entrepreneur
- E. T. Bedford1849-1931American businessman
- Hezekiah Allen1863-1916American baseball player
- Edward H. Coley1861-1949Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
Show all 21 notable burials
- Frank H. Cann1863-1935American football coach
- John Nelson Partridge1838-1920American civil servant and railroad executive (1838-1920); Police Commissioner and Fire Commissioner for Brooklyn
- Alice Harvey Ramsey1894-1983American cartoonist and painter
- Carlos Dyer1917-2016American artist
- Charles Edward Bedford1874-1961
- Edward Thomas Bedford II1888-1952
- Frederick Henry Bedford1854-1931American oil executive
- Maclear Jacoby Jr.1927-2020Math teacher at the Landon School
- Richard Maney1891-19681891-1968 , theatrical press agent
People whose Wikidata entry gives Willowbrook Cemetery 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.
Map
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What Willowbrook Cemetery 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
- Evergreen CemeteryEvergreen Avenue, Westport, CTCemetery0.7 mi
- Poplar Plains CemeteryWilton Road, Westport, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Coley CemeteryWestport, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Green's Farms CemeteryWestport, CTChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Assumption CemeteryWestport, CTChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Colonial CemeteryWestport, CTCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Pauls CemeteryBoston Post Road, Norwalk, CTChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Norwalk Union CemeteryNorwalk, CTCemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryBroad Street, Norwalk, CTChristian cemetery3.7 mi
- Sharp Hill CemeteryWilton, CTCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Willowbrook Cemetery
- Harding Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Westport · (203) 227-3458
- Raymond Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Norwalk · (203) 847-7291
- Collins Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · Norwalk · (203) 866-0747
- Magner Funeral Home Inc3.9 miFuneral home · Norwalk · (203) 866-5553
- County Cremation Service5.0 miCremation provider · Fairfield · (203) 254-1414
- Edmund W. Dougiello Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Fairfield
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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