Madelyn Dunham

Banker, Deceased Person

1922 – 2008

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Who was Madelyn Dunham?

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham was the American maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States. She and her husband Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama from age ten in their Honolulu, Hawaii apartment, where on November 2, 2008, she died two days before her grandson was elected President.

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Born
Oct 26, 1922
Peru
Also known as
  • Madelyn Lee Payne
  • Toot
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Methodist
  • Methodism
Ethnicity
  • White American
  • English American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Washington
  • University of California, Berkeley
Employment
  • Vice President, Bank of Hawaii
    (1970 - 1986)
  • Bank of Hawaii
    (1960 - )
Lived in
  • Augusta
  • Mercer Island
  • California
  • Texas
  • Honolulu
Died
Nov 3, 2008
Hawaii
Resting place
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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