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Madelyn Dunham

Born

Madelyn Lee Payne


(1922-10-26)October 26, 1922

Peru, Kansas, U.S.

DiedNovember 2, 2008(2008-11-02) (aged 86)

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

Resting placePacific Ocean off Koko Head, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.
Other names"Toot"
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Washington
OccupationVice President at the Bank of Hawaii
Known forMaternal grandmother of Barack Obama
Spouse(s)
ChildrenStanley Ann Dunham
RelativesCharles Thomas Payne (brother)
Barack Obama (grandson)
Maya Soetoro-Ng (granddaughter)

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (DUN-əm; October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was the American maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. She and her husband Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama from age ten in their Honolulu apartment, where on November 2, 2008, she died two days before her grandson was elected president.

Early life

Madelyn Dunham, born Madelyn Lee Payne on October 26, 192

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US President Barack Obama's Mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, Grew Up in Ponca City, Oklahoma

Barack Obama's maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham are seen during World War II in an undated family snapshot. Photo: AFP
Barack Obama with his maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham in the early 1980s when Mr. Obama was a student at Columbia University. Barack Obama's grandfather Stanley Dunham, grandmother Madelyn Dunham, and mother Stanley Ann Dunham lived in Ponca City from 1948 until 1951. Photo: Obama for America

US President Barack Obama's Mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, Grew Up in Ponca City, Oklahoma

by Hugh Pickens, February 6, 2009

David Maraniss writes in his book "Into the Story: A Writer's Journey Through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss" that "of all the relationships in Obama's life, none was deeper, more complex, and more important than that with his mother." Although Obama lived under the same roof with his mother, Madelyn Dunham, for only twelve years, "her lessons and judgements were always with him."[1] In addition. Obama has repeate

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Madelyn Lee Payne

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (DUN-əm; October 26, 1922[2] – November 2, 2008[3]) was the grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Her daughter was Obama mother's, Ann Dunham. Madelyn and her husband Stanley Armour raised Obama from age ten in their apartment in Honolulu, Hawaii. She died[4] two days before her grandson was elected President.

Life

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Madelyn Lee Payne was born in Peru, Kansas. She was the eldest of four children. Her younger brother was Charles T. Payne. Their parents were Rolla Charles "R.C." Payne (August 23, 1892 – October 15, 1968)[5] and Leona Belle (McCurry) Payne (May 7, 1897 – March 22, 1968).[6] In Barack Obama's memoir, Dreams From My Father, he describes them as "stern Methodist parents who did not believe in drinking, playing cards or dancing." She moved with her parents to Augusta, Kansas at the age of three. Madelyn was one of the best students at Augusta High School. She graduated from there in 1940.[7]

Death

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