Fairview Cemetery & Arboretum (Westfield, New Jersey)

For other cemeteries with the same name, see Fairview Cemetery.

Fairview Cemetery & Arboretum is a cemetery and accredited arboretum in Westfield, New Jersey. It is a member of the American Public Gardens Association.

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), pioneer of neonatology and the Apgar score^[2]
• Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993–2015), singer and TV star^[3]
• Joe Collins (1922–1989), baseball player^[4]
• Charles N. Fowler (1922–1989), US Congressman^[5]
• Cissy Houston (1933–2024), singer
• Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer and actress^[3]
• Claydes Charles Smith (1948–2006), co-founder of Kool & the Gang
• William Miller Sperry (1858–1927), namesake of the William Miller Sperry Observatory and brother of Thomas Sperry.