- Source: Willowbrook Cemetery
Willowbrook Cemetery is located at 395 Main Street in Westport, Connecticut. Established in 1847, 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
Edward H. Coley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
Peter De Vries, editor and novelist
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
Vivian Perlis, musicologist
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Frederick M. Salmon, politician
Alexander McCormick Sturm, co-founder of American firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co.
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
External links
Official website
Willowbrook Cemetery at Find a Grave
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willowbrook Cemetery