Fairview Cemetery & Arboretum (Westfield, New Jersey)
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey.
The cemetery was founded in 1868 and is 105 acres. It is "non-sectarian, non-profit organization, owned and operated solely for the benefit of its Property Owners."[1]
Notable burials
- Virginia Apgar (1909–1974), founder of Neonatology and the Apgar score[2]
- Charles Newell Fowler (1922–1989), Congressman[2]
- Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer, actress, beside her father John Russell Houston, who died in 2003[2][3]
- Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993–2015), buried next to her mother Whitney Houston.[4]
- 1971 murder victims of John Emil List (Frederick List, Helen List, Patricia List)[2]
- Claydes Charles Smith (1948–2006), co-founder of Kool & the Gang[2]
- William Miller Sperry, namesake of the William Miller Sperry Observatory and brother of Thomas Sperry.
- Joshua Bryant (law enforcement) (1852–1898) was Cranford, New Jersey's first African-American law enforcement officer and the township's first African-American person to hold elective office. [5]
References
- ^ "History". Westfieldnj.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ a b c d e "Fairview Cemetery". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/whitney_houston_to_be_buried_i.html
- ^ http://www.myfoxny.com/story/29693144/burial-in-nj-monday-for-bobbi-kristina-brown
- ^ Fridlington, Robert J. "Remembering Joshua Bryant, a prominent figure in Cranford's history", Cranford Chronicle, February 10, 2012. Accessed October 28, 2016. "Without formal training and despite prevailing attitudes, he became Cranford’s first African-American law enforcement officer, the first African-American elected to public office in the township, and an influential figure in local politics."