Fairview Cemetery

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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 intermentsThere 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 SamWillie Garoni (1877–1914), Professional baseball playerRay Gillen (1961–1993), American rock singerGilbert Hatfield (1855–1921), Major League baseball playerJames Jonas Madison (1884–1922), World War I Medal of Honor recipientJohn Marin (1870–1953), American artistWillard Marshall (1921–2000), Major League baseball playerEddie August Schneider (1911-1940), American aviatorIsabel Patterson Springer (1880–1917), Socialite and subject of book Murder at Brown PalaceMarshall Van Winkle (1869–1957), United States Congressman