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Willowbrook Cemetery

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Notable interments
References

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|established = 1847
|country = United States
|location = Westport, Connecticut
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|type = Public
|owner =
|size =
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Willowbrook Cemetery is located at 395 Main Street in Westport, Connecticut. Established in 1847,^[1] 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 persons interred here include:^[2]

E.T. Bedford, executive of Standard Oil^[3]
Edward H. Coley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
Peter De Vries, editor and novelist^[4]
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
Lars-Eric Lindblad, entrepreneur and tourism explorer^[5]
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Alexander McCormick Sturm, co-founder of American firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co.^[6]
Mort Walker, cartoonist
John B. Watson, a psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism
George Hand Wright, artist

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.willowbrookcemetery.com/html/about_us.html|publisher=Willowbrook Cemetery|accessdate=26 April 2015}}
2. ^Willowbrook Cemetery: Famous persons at Find a Grave
3. ^[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.
4. ^Timothy Dumas, The Return of Peter DeVries, Wesport (April 2006).
5. ^{{cite web|title=Willowbrook Cemetery|url=http://www.angelfire.com/thanatos77/index.html|publisher=Endymion's Repose|accessdate=26 April 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Alexander McCormick Sturm|url=http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10478&tree=01|publisher=Appalachian Aristocracy|accessdate=26 April 2015}}

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