Madelyn Lee Payne was born 26 October 1922 in Peru, Kansas, United States to Rolla Charles Payne (1892-1968) and Leona Belle McCurry (1897-1968) and died 2 November 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of cancer. She married Stanley Armour Dunham (1918-1992) 1 May 1940 in El Dorado, Kansas, United States.
Mother of Stanley Ann Dunham, Barack’s grandmother. She died before seeing her grandson elected. It was reported she had cancer and other ailments.
There was no funeral. Barak and his family had a small memorial and cremation for her a couple months later. They cast her ashes into the ocean
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ann Dunham (1942-1995) | 27 November 1942 Wichita, Kansas, United States | 7 November 1995 Straub clinic, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | Barack Obama (1934-1982) Lolo Soetoro (1935) |
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