Marilyn Fadem, 78, 50 year resident of San Francisco, California, died there on April 5, 2023 of lung cancer.

She was preceded in death by her late husband Robert Willden in 2018 and is survived by her sister Linda Fadem of Phoenix, Arizona. Marilyn was born and raised in University City, Missouri and was taken to live in Phoenix, Arizona in 1960 and later moved to San Francisco, California where she spent the remainder of her life. 

Marilyn was a talented artist who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. She was a painter of watercolors and a writer who wrote occasional food articles for the San Francisco newspapers. 

She also took an avid interest in health and nutrition issues which became a consuming avocation and used her deep knowledge of these issues for the great and lasting benefit of her family and friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. 

Contributions can be made to:

Lighthouse for the Blind

1155 Market Street, 10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94103