OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 50 | JANUARY 20 • 2022 M arilyn Schechter of West Bloomfield, known for her bright smile and independent spirit, died on Jan. 2, 2022. She loved her family with all her heart, filled her life with deep and lasting friendships, and was an accomplished artist, continuing to work late into her life. Marilyn was the beloved wife of Neal Schechter for 39 years, until his death in 2007. Together, with their partners, Larry and Ina Stevens, they dedicated their summers and their lives to running Camp Walden, providing a safe place for generations of children to play and grow. She grew up on Tracey Street in Detroit, attended Mumford High School and earned a master’s in fine art from Wayne State University. Known as an active listener with many follow- up questions, Marilyn was always interested in the latest news in the lives of her family and friends. She dressed with flair, frequently wearing chunky jewelry and dark lipstick. Her home was decorated with modern furniture, funky collections of baskets, tiny porcelain shoes and several pieces by one of her favorite artists, Alex Katz. For many years, Marilyn was also an active volunteer in the advocacy group WAND (formerly Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament) Of the hundreds of art pieces Marilyn made, she’s best remembered for an installation she was chosen to create, in the ’90s, for a display window of the old J.L. Hudson’s store in Downtown Detroit. Upon the blank canvas of an empty space, she designed a structure of several, 12-foot- high paneled-walls covered in thousands of dried, leathery-brown banana peels. Her friends and family fondly recall helping Marilyn by saving all their banana peels. For many years, Marilyn kept a studio in a warehouse in Pontiac, where other An Artistic Life Marilyn Schechter You can honor the memory of a loved one in a most meaningful way by sponsoring a day of Torah learning at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah. 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