About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 112 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including Whitney Houston, Virginia Apgar and Bobbi Kristina Brown. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876279. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Moriah Jewish Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Joseph Z Konopka Funeral Home, LLC in North Bergen, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Bergen County, and 89 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fairview. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
Among them: 3 musicians, 2 actors, 2 artists, 1 architect, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Whitney Houston1963-2012American singer, actress, and film producer
- Virginia Apgar1909-1974American obstetrical anesthesiologist
- Bobbi Kristina Brown1993-2015American television personality (1993-2015), daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston
- John Marin1870-1953American artist
- Ray Gillen1959-1993American singer
- Eddie August Schneider1911-1940American aviator
- Frederick Ruckstull1853-1942United States sculptor and art critic
- William Musto1917-2006American politician
- Gil Hatfield1855-1921American baseball player
- James Jonas Madison1884-1922United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Charlotte C. Kahrar1897-1963(1897-1963) wife of Richard F. Freudenberg
- Clara Helene Schultz1895-1973Norwegian American restaurateur
Show all 24 notable burials
- Edward Andrew Thompson1895-1935(1895-1935) husband of Clara Helene Schultz
- Inga Karoline Eldora Pedersen1882-1927(1882-1927) wife of Emil August Schneider
- Oscar Wegelin1876-1970American bibliographer and rare book dealer
- Albert Ferdinand Williamson1897-1982
- Edward Charles Schoenfeld1892-1958
- Heinrich August Schneider II1878-1947Husband of Catherine A. Hern
- Henrietta Edna Schneider1901-1973
- Mathilde Sophie Amalia Pedersen1872-1949(1872-1949) wife of Hans Andreas Schultz
- Pauline Schneider1881-1932Wife of Henry Engelmann
- Sigrid Marie Andreassen1905-19401st wife of Thoralf Christian Andreas Tandberg
- C. M. Tremaine1870-1963American businessman
- Vera Jeffrey Palmer Peers1903-2000Mother of Jayne Mansfield
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairview 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 Fairview 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
- Mount Moriah Jewish CemeteryFairview, NJJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Macphelah Cemetery5810 Tonnelle Avenue, North Bergen, NJCemetery1.9 mi
- Hoboken Cemetery5500 Tonnelle Avenue, North Bergen, NJCemetery2.0 mi
- Flower Hill Cemetery5433 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, North Bergen, NJCemetery2.2 mi
- General Grant National Memorial ParkManhattan, NYMemorial park2.2 mi
- Grove Church CemeteryUnion City, NJChurch cemetery2.4 mi
- Weehawken CemeteryUnion City, NJCemetery2.8 mi
- Palisades CemeteryUnion City, NJCemetery2.8 mi
- Trinity Church Cemetery and MausoleumManhattan, NY · est. 1869Church cemetery3.3 mi
- Gethsemane CemeteryLittle Ferry, NJCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Frank Saracino Monuments0.6 miMonument dealer · Fairview · (201) 945-1266
- Joseph Z Konopka Funeral Home, LLC0.8 miFuneral home · North Bergen · (201) 865-0923
- Harmony Hill Cremations0.9 miFuneral home · Cliffside Park · (201) 805-4244
- Blessing Funeral Home Inc.0.9 miFuneral home · Cliffside Park · (201) 945-7100
- Barquin Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Guttenberg · (201) 869-3000
- McCorry Brothers Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Cliffside Park · (201) 945-1220
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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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.