About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near Westfield, Union County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.1 mi southwest of Westfield. The grounds sit at about 157 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Béla Julesz, Joe Collins and Seymour Reit. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876277. The nearest other listed cemetery is Revolutionary Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Union County, and 105 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 27 listings in Union County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Westfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 baseball player, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician, 1 World War II veteran.
- Béla Julesz1928-2003Visual neuroscientist and experimental psychologist in the fields of visual and auditory perception
- Joe Collins1922-1989Major League Baseball first baseman
- Seymour Reit1918-2001Writer, cartoonist
- James Chidester Egbert Jr.1859-1948American classical philologist
- Charles E. Apgar1865-1950American amateur radio operator
- Claydes Charles Smith1948-2006American musician
- Curtis G. Culin1915-1963American soldier
- Kenneth Dexter Miller1887-1968American priest and author
- George Thatcher1846-1913American minstrel performer
- Charles Leo Abry Sr.1838-1895American mayor
- Truman H. Talley1891-1942American producer
- William Gibbs Peckham1849-1924American lawyer
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
- Revolutionary CemeteryWestfield, NJCemetery1.3 mi
- Revolution CemeteryWestfield, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- B'Nai Abraham Memorial ParkKenilworth, NJMemorial park1.9 mi
- Beth - David CemeteryKenilworth, NJJewish cemetery2.7 mi
- Willcocks & Badgley Families CemeteryNew Providence, NJCemetery3.1 mi
- Graceland Memorial ParkKenilworth, NJMemorial park3.1 mi
- Springfield Emanuel United Methodist Church CemeterySpringfield, NJMethodist cemetery3.3 mi
- Presbyterian CemeterySpringfield, NJPresbyterian cemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Rose of Lima CemeteryMillburn, NJCemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Stephens CemeteryMillburn, NJCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Westfield · (908) 789-7400
- Gray & Pescitelli Funeral Home and Cremation Service1.3 miFuneral home · Westfield · (908) 233-0143
- Dooley Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Cranford · (908) 276-0255
- Master Memorials1.5 miMonument dealer · Westfield · (908) 233-2350
- Gray & Pescitelli Funeral Home and Cremation Service1.5 miFuneral home · Cranford · (908) 276-0092
- Dooley Colonial Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Westfield · (908) 233-0255
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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