Fairview Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. It is a historical site and a tourist attraction because of Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield's grave. Her heart-shaped tombstone is one of the most notable features of the cemetery. Fans of the deceased star visit the grave regularly with flowers.Matt Lake, Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman, Weird Pennsylvania: Your Travel Guide to Pennsylvania's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets, p. 236, Sterling Publishing Company, 2009, Farruccio and the Online Fan Club has been visiting her grave in Pen Argyl with her fans to commemorate her birth and death anniversaries since mid 1990s on her birthdays. The 75th birth anniversary of the actress drew a large gathering of fans to the cemetery in 2008.Susan Koomar, "Fans honor Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield in small-town cemetery ", The Pocono Record, April 27, 2008, Dow Jones Local Media GroupTom Coombe, "", The Morning Call, p. 1, Jun 24, 2007
The other major cemetery in the township is the Evergreen Cemetery.Andrew McGill, "Cemetery finds new life", The Morning Call, November 06, 2010 There also are St. Elizabeth CemeteryCemeteries, Northampton County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project and Plainfield Union CemeteryPlainfield Union Cemetery, AgingCare in the township.
Further reading Ragan Rohn Schoeller and William Schoeller, Tombstone Inscriptions Fairview Cemetery: Pen Argyl, Plainfield Township, Northampton Co., PA, Blair County Genealogical Society, 1998
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