 His funeral took place on 7 February at Golders Green Crematorium.He left £6,177 in his will (worth £139,951.35 in 2018), according to "The Times" report of 8 May 1958.According to "The Library Association Record" (1961, p. 205) Fienburgh's widow Joan was invited to open a new Islington public library in July 1960 as an official mark of respect for her late husband.