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Willowbrook Cemetery

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Established
  
1847

Country
  
United States

Find a Grave
  
Willowbrook Cemetery

Phone
  
+1 203-222-8646

Location
  
Westport, Connecticut

Type
  
Public

Founded
  
1847

Willowbrook Cemetery

Website
  
www.willowbrookcemetery.com

Address
  
395 Main St, Westport, CT 06880, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 8:30AM–4PMMonday8:30AM–4PMTuesday8:30AM–4PMWednesday8:30AM–4PMThursday8:30AM–4PMFriday8:30AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery Association, East Norwalk Cemetery, Lakeview Cemetery, St John's Cemetery

Tour of willowbrook cemetery


Willowbrook Cemetery is located at 395 Main Street in Westport, Connecticut. Established in 1847, the cemetery is located close to Westport's downtown area, and features the burials of many members of Westport's historic families, including the Coley, Burr, Nash, Bedford, Bradley and Hurlbutt families.

Contents

Willowbrook cemetery preservation


Notable interments

Notable persons interred here include:

  • E.T. Bedford, executive of Standard Oil
  • Edward H. Coley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
  • Peter De Vries, editor and novelist
  • James Earle Fraser, sculptor, and his wife Laura Gardin Fraser, sculptor
  • Harold Jacoby, astronomer
  • Alexander Kipnis, Ukrainian-born operatic bass singer
  • Lawrence Langner
  • Lars-Eric Lindblad, entrepreneur and tourism explorer
  • Fritz Reiner, conductor
  • Alexander McCormick Sturm, co-founder of American firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co.
  • John B. Watson, a psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism
  • George Hand Wright, artist
  • References

    Willowbrook Cemetery Wikipedia