Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (born October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was Barack Obama's maternal grandmother. She was married to Stanley Dunham and gave birth to Ann Dunham Soetoro. Madelyn and Stanley raised Barack Obama from age 10 in...
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Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (born October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was Barack Obama's maternal grandmother. She was married to Stanley Dunham and gave birth to Ann Dunham Soetoro. Madelyn and Stanley raised Barack Obama from age 10 in Hawaii, where she died Nov. 2, 2008, just two days before Obama was elected president.
Interesting events and pictures of the new US President Barack Obama's life. The biggest collection ever....All of them put together ! Picture taken with his mother Barack Obama Sr. poses with his son in the honolulu airport during Obama Sr's. only visit to see his son whilw he was growing up in Hawaii.young Barack was in the 5th grade when the photo was taken. Barack Obama Sr.,a native of kenya,met his future wife while they were studentat the University of Hawaii. in 1963,he essentislly... Read Full Story
United States President Barack Obama's Mother baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Robert Paisola Reports FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH APRIL 30, 2009 Copyright Western Capital Multimedia 2009, All Rights Reserved While Barack Hussein Obama, now president of our country, was hot on the presidential campaign trail in 2008, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posthumously baptized Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham. Barack Obama's mother was... Read Full Story
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Enlarge By Dan Nakaso, Honolulu Advertiser HONOLULU — President-elect Barack Obama spent much of Tuesday honoring the memory of the grandmother who raised him, and then scattering her ashes at Länaçi Lookout on Oahu's rugged southeast coastline, the same spot where Obama scattered the ashes of his mother after her death in 1995. The White House press corps that¹s traveling with Obama on his third Hawaii visit of the year was not allowed into the First Unitarian Church for a one-hour service... Read Full Story
JERUSALEM - Was Sen. Barack Obama a citizen of Indonesia at any point in his life?
That question has been circulating on the blogosphere with increased fury the past few days, since a photograph emerged of Obama’s school registration papers as a child in Indonesia - the world’s most populous Muslim nation - showing the presidential candidate listed as a “Muslim” with “Indonesian” citizenship.
An investigation into Indonesian citizenship law and a review of Obama’s biography and travels... Read Full Story
Barack Obama 's sister has not emerged in public since the death of their grandmother two days before her brother's historic presidential election, but in a post-election e-mail to close friends, Maya Soetoro-Ng said, "I wept tears of joy for all of us on Tuesday. He may not be a perfect man. Certainly, he has often said that he'll likely be an imperfect President, but he is a good man, a smart man, a disciplined soul who balances temperance with determination and courage. We've made a great... Read Full Story
On Tuesday, President-Elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and several other friends and family members attended a ceremony in honor of Obama and Soetoro-Ng's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, whom they called Toot. After a service at the First Unitarian Church, her ashes were scattered at a seaside memorial in Honolulu. (Photos from Associated Press and Reuters )
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Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) boards his campaign plane October 24, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Lorna Hodges holds a sign in support of democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) outside of his grandmother's home October 23, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) takes a walk in his old neighborhood during a visit with his ailing grandmother Madelyn Dunham October 24... Read Full Story
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Barack Obama Sheds Tear for Beloved Grandmother (US Weekly) Barack Obama teared up during a rally at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Monday as he spoke about his beloved grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who passed away, at age 86 of cancer, on the last day of his campaign. “Some of you heard that my grandmother who helped raise me passed away this morning. She has gone home,” Obama told the hushed crowd. “And she died peacefully in her... Read Full Story
November 03, 2008 8:21 PM ABC News' Tahman Bradley, Rigel Anderson and Arnab Datta Report: While Sen. Barack Obama's late grandmother Madelyn Dunham will not live to see the outcome of this historic election, her 2008 vote will count. Hawaii Chief Elections Officer Kevin Cronin told ABC News this evening that the absentee ballot cast by Dunham before she passed away will count. Cronin said Dunham's absentee ballot was received on October 27 and found to meet the requirements of a valid... Read Full Story
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