Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)

Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery
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Location	500 Fairview Avenue; Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey
Country	United States
Type	Non-denominational

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Among others interred are:

Alexander Esau (1957–1977), Murder victim of serial killer David Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam
August Chandron (1866–1947), United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Dennis Ferrante (1946-2015), American musician, recording engineer
Willie Garoni (1877–1914), Professional baseball player
Ray Gillen (1959–1993), 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^[3]
Marshall Van Winkle (1869–1957), United States Congressman

^ "Fairview Cemetery". Bergen County: Fairview. Jewish Cemetery Project. 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
^ A list of Spanish American Veterans buried in New Jersey, Spanish American War Centiennial, retrieved 2013-10-03
^ Kreck, Dick, Murder at Brown Palace, Fulcrum Publishers, ISBN 1-55591-463-2