Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)

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Country United States Phone +1 201-943-6161		Type Non-denominational

Location 500 Fairview Avenue Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey Address 500 Fairview Ave, Fairview, NJ 07022, USA Burials Virginia Apgar, Ray Gillen, John Marin, Willard Marshall

Fairview Cemetery, also known as Fairview Memorial Park and Mausoleum, is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades. It is bordered by North Bergen, Broad Avenue, and Fairview Avenue, across from which is Mount Moriah Cemetery. The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad right-of-way at western portal of the Edgewater Tunnel passes through the cemetery.

Notable interments

There are several graves of Spanish American War veterans in the cemetery.

Among others interred are:

Alexander Esau (1957–1977), Murder victim of serial killer David Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam

Willie Garoni (1877–1914), Professional baseball player

Ray Gillen (1961–1993), American rock singer

Gilbert Hatfield (1855–1921), Major League baseball player

James Jonas Madison (1884–1922), World War I Medal of Honor recipient

John Marin (1870–1953), American artist

Willard Marshall (1921–2000), Major League baseball player

Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940), American aviator

Isabel Patterson Springer (1880–1917), Socialite and subject of book Murder at Brown Palace

Marshall Van Winkle (1869–1957), United States Congressman

References

Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey) Wikipedia

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