About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 1,319 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including H. Beam Piper, Josiah Duane Hicks and William F. Gable. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1174483. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Crypt, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Leslie E Axe Funeral Home in Altoona, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 122 cemeteries we list in Blair County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 122 listings in Blair County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Altoona. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- H. Beam Piper1904-1964American science fiction writer
- Josiah Duane Hicks1844-1923Union Army soldier, lawyer, politician
- William F. Gable1856-1921American merchant
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
40.52284, -78.40148
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
- Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament CryptAltoona, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Eastern Light CemeteryAltoona, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryAltoona, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox CemeteryAltoona, PAOrthodox cemetery1.1 mi
- Mount Sinai CemeteryAltoona, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Mary Ukrainian Catholic CemeteryAltoona, PACatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Hoffs CemeteryAltoona, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryAltoona, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saints Peter And Paul Roman Catholic CemeteryAltoona, PACatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryAltoona, PACemetery1.2 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Leslie E Axe Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Altoona · (814) 944-9445
- Jones Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Altoona · (814) 942-2661
- Santella Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Altoona · (814) 943-0971
- Myers-Somers Funeral Home, Inc.0.7 miFuneral home · Altoona · (814) 942-7747
- Good's Funeral Parlor0.7 miFuneral home · Altoona · (814) 943-2521
- Stanley J. Krish Funeral Home, Inc.0.7 miFuneral home · Altoona · (814) 942-4625
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