Madelyn Dunham

Madelyn Dunham
Born
Madelyn Lee Payne

(1922-10-26)October 26, 1922
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"
Alma materUniversity of Washington
OccupationVice President at the Bank of Hawaii
Known forMaternal grandmother of Barack Obama
Spouse
(m. 1940; died 1992)
ChildrenStanley Ann Dunham
RelativesCharles Thomas Payne (brother)
Barack Obama (grandson)
Maya Soetoro-Ng (granddaughter)

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (/ˈdʌnəm/ DUN-əm; October 26, 1922[1] – November 2, 2008) was an American banker and the 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. She died on November 2, 2008, two days before her grandson was elected president.

  1. ^ Nakaso, Dan (March 30, 2008). "Obama's tutu a female pioneer in Hawaii banking". Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.