Marilyn Leuin Fahoury (neé Hyde), 89, a longtime resident of the area, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2023.

Marilyn was born in Long Branch in 1933, and graduated from Long Branch High School in 1951. She attended Monmouth Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1954 and subsequently enjoyed a 43-year career as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Educator. Marilyn retired from nursing in 1997 as a charter faculty member and Professor in the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Brookdale Community College. During her tenure at Brookdale, Marilyn became a member of the national honor society for nursing, Sigma Theta Tau. She also volunteered as a Board Member and Officer for the Monmouth County Heart Association and as a Reading Buddy for the Long Branch Family and Children’s Services.

Marilyn enjoyed spending time with her family, and she most loved being a grandmother. She was dedicated to exposing her grandchildren to the arts, in particular music, theater and poetry. In her later years, Marilyn always anticipated her beloved Saturday phone calls with her grandson Rudy. Marilyn loved the ocean and summers on the beach; she enjoyed swimming and golfing, playing and teaching Duplicate Bridge, and she loved listening to all genres of music.

Marilyn is predeceased in death by her mother Edna Hyde Frank, her sister Merle Reuther, her step-father Dr. Joseph Frank, her husband Edmund Fahoury, and her father Harvey Hyde.

Marilyn is survived by her son, Harvey Leuin, daughter-in-law Jennifer (Tomaine) Leuin and their children Emma and Griffin. She is also survived by her step-children Edmund Fahoury Jr, Perry, Jane Newman, James, Linda Carter, Raymond, and all of their children and extended families; as well as by numerous nieces and nephews. 

A celebration of life will be held  on Thursday, April 20, 4-7 pm at the Woolley-Boglioli Funeral Home, 10 Morrell Street, Long Branch, NJ 07740.

Memorial donations may be made in Marilyn’s memory to the Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.splcenter.org/support-us or to Doctors Without Borders https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/.  

The Leuin Family extends our sincere thanks to Marilyn’s caregivers from  Homeside Hospice and Seabrook.