Willowbrook Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Fairfield County, Connecticut, US}}
{{Infobox cemetery
|name = Willowbrook Cemetery
|image = Willowbrook Cemetery - Burr, Jennings, Gorham.jpg
|imagesize = 200px
|caption =
|established = 1847
|country = United States
|location = Westport, Connecticut
|coordinates = {{coord|41.1548111|-73.3620593|type:landmark_region:US_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|type = Public
|owner = Willowbrook Cemetery Association, Inc.
|size =
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|website = {{official|https://willowbrookcemetery.com/index.html}}
|findagraveid=103833
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Willowbrook Cemetery is located at 395 Main Street in Westport, Connecticut. Established in 1847,{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.willowbrookcemetery.com/html/about_us.html|publisher=Willowbrook Cemetery|access-date=26 April 2015}} 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.
Notable interments
Notable interments here include:
- E.T. Bedford, executive of Standard Oil[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/classified/paid-notice-deaths-davie-et-bedford-buddy.html Deaths: Davie, E.T. Bedford], New York Times, November 16, 2003.
- Edward H. Coley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
- Peter De Vries, editor and novelistTimothy Dumas, [http://www.westportmag.com/w/April-2006/The-Return-of-Peter-DeVries/ The Return of Peter DeVries], Wesport (April 2006).
- James Earle Fraser, sculptor, and his wife Laura Gardin Fraser, sculptor
- Harold Jacoby, astronomer
- Morris Ketchum, financier
- Alexander Kipnis, Ukrainian-born operatic bass singer
- Lawrence Langner, playwright, author, and producer
- Lars-Eric Lindblad, entrepreneur and tourism explorer{{cite web|title=Willowbrook Cemetery|url=https://www.angelfire.com/thanatos77/index.html|publisher=Endymion's Repose|access-date=26 April 2015}}
- Vivian Perlis, musicologist
- Fritz Reiner, conductor
- Frederick M. Salmon, politician
- Alexander McCormick Sturm, co-founder of American firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co.{{cite web|title=Alexander McCormick Sturm|url=http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10478&tree=01|publisher=Appalachian Aristocracy|access-date=26 April 2015}}
- Mort Walker, cartoonist
- John B. Watson, a psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism
- Arthur Dare Whiteside, part of the Air Policy Commission under president Truman and president of Dun & Bradstreet.
- George Hand Wright, artist
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
- {{GNIS|212161}}
Category:Westport, Connecticut
Category:Cemeteries in Fairfield County, Connecticut