{"id":61483,"date":"2025-05-28T19:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61483"},"modified":"2025-05-28T19:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:16:58","slug":"familys-sad-anno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61483","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Family\u2019s Sad Anno."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-28-at-20.10.46_7f462e83.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-28-at-20.10.46_7f462e83.jpg 911w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-28-at-20.10.46_7f462e83-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-28-at-20.10.46_7f462e83-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marian Robinson, mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at age 86, the family announced Friday. She passed away peacefully in the morning, according to a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle Obama shared a heartfelt tribute on social media, calling her mother \u201cmy rock.\u201d She wrote: \u201cShe was there for whatever I needed\u2014the same steady support for our whole family. We\u2019re heartbroken to lose her today.\u201d<br>Former President Barack Obama also honored his mother-in-law online, calling her one-of-a-kind. \u201cWe feel lucky to have had her in our lives,\u201d he posted. \u201cWe\u2019ll spend our years trying to live by her example.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born Marian Shields in 1937, she married Fraser Robinson III, a Chicago water department worker and WWII veteran. The couple raised Michelle and her brother Craig in a modest South Side home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite facing racial barriers\u2014her father was denied union jobs due to segregation\u2014Marian stressed education and strength to her children. These values helped shape Michelle\u2019s path to Princeton and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Barack Obama\u2019s presidency, Marian moved into the White House to help care for granddaughters Malia and Sasha. She provided normalcy for the girls during their extraordinary childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though quiet in public, family say Marian was the Obama\u2019s \u201csecret weapon\u201d\u2014offering wisdom, home-cooked meals, and unconditional love through historic challenges.<br>After the presidency, Marian returned to Chicago, enjoying a private life away from cameras. Her health had declined in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Obamas have asked for privacy as they grieve. No funeral details have been shared yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marian leaves behind a legacy as the humble matriarch who helped raise America\u2019s first Black first family\u2014proving that behind every great woman, there\u2019s often an even greater mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marian Robinson, mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at age 86, the family announced Friday. She passed away peacefully in the morning, according to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61485,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61483\/revisions\/61485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}