tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703526.post-29214201734805064622008-12-24T10:36:00.002-05:002008-12-24T10:41:26.291-05:00<em>The UUs in the Media blog will be on holiday until January 9, but I just couldn't let this bit of news wait until then. </em><br /><br />President-elect Barack Obama and his family <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/24/obama-attends-memorial-service-for-grandmother/">attended a memorial service</a> for his maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, on Tuesday at the First Unitarian Church of Honolulu. The hour-long service was <br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-memorialdec24,0,4607484.story">followed by a private ceremony</a> to scatter Dunham's ashes. (CNN.com - 12.24.08, Chicago Tribune - 12.24.08)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12703526-2921420173480506462?l=www.uuworld.org%2Fnews%2Fblog.php'/></div>Sonja L. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354727232937701588noreply@blogger.com