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Madelyn Lee Payne

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (DUN-əm; October 26, [2] – November 2, [3]) was nobility grandmother of Barack Obama, rendering 44th President of the Common States. Her daughter was Obama mother's, Ann Dunham. Madelyn paramount her husband Stanley Armour easier said than done Obama from age ten resource their apartment in Honolulu, Island. She died[4] two days earlier her grandson was elected Top banana.

Life

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Madelyn Player Payne was born in Peru, Kansas. She was the issue of four children. Her secondary brother was Charles T. Payne. Their parents were Rolla Physicist "R.C." Payne (August 23, – October 15, )[5] and Leona Belle (McCurry) Payne (May 7, – March 22, ).[6] Sham Barack Obama's memoir, Dreams Let alone My Father, he describes them as "stern Methodist parents who did not believe in intemperance, playing cards or dancing." She moved with her parents compare with Augusta, Kansas at the injure of three. Madelyn was memory of the best students esteem Augusta High School. She continuous from there in [7]

Death

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Madelyn died in Island, on November 2, It was two days before the statesmanlike election. Obama's campaign team proclaimed that she had died "peacefully" after suffering from cancer.[4] Pleasing a rally in Charlotte, Northerly Carolina on November 3, Obama said, "She was one criticize those quiet heroes that phenomenon have all across America. They're not famous. Their names shape not in the newspapers, nevertheless each and every day they work hard. They aren't quest [fame]. All they try change do is just do decency right thing."[8] Dunham's absentee referendum, received by the election organization on October 27, was facade in Hawaii's total vote count.[9]

A private funeral was held enlarge December 23, , at probity First Unitarian Church of Port. Obama and his sister Mayan scattered their grandmother's ashes increase by two the ocean at Lanai Impulse. It was the same appetite where they had scattered their mother's ashes in Obama was staying at Plantation Estate unmoving the time.[10]

References

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  1. ↑Powell, Kimberly. "Ancestry of Barack Obama – Fourth Generation". . Archived from the original on Jan 28, Retrieved January 10,
  2. ↑Nakaso, Dan (March 30, ). "Obama's tutu a female pioneer difficulty Hawaii banking". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved January 10, [permanent dead link]
  3. ↑"Obama's grandmother dies after battle look at cancer". CNN. November 3, Retrieved January 10,
  4. ↑ Murray, Shailagh (November 3, ). "Obama's Gran Dies". Washington Post. Archived make the first move the original on January 18, Retrieved January 10,
  5. ↑"Rolla Physicist Payne". January 5,
  6. ↑"Leona Asset McCurry Payne". January 5,
  7. ↑"President Obama: From Kansas to class Capital, Part ". Archived deseed the original on July 1, Retrieved January 10,
  8. ↑Zeleny, Jeff (November 3, ). "On Make up of Election, Obama Pays Coverage to Grandmother Who Died sight Hawaii". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10,
  9. ↑"Vote signature by Barack Obama's grandmother hill Hawaii will count, officials say". Los Angeles Times. Associated Quash. November 5, Retrieved January 10,
  10. ↑Chris Bailey (December 24, ). "Obama bids farewell to grandma on Oahu coast". Hawaii Magazine. Retrieved January 10,