Michelle Obama’s mother Marian Robinson passed away early on Friday morning.

It was eighty-six years old.

Robinson died peacefully, according to a statement from his family.

“As a mother, she was our rock, a serene and nonjudgmental witness to our victories and setbacks,” the statement said.

“She was always, always there to welcome us home with that profound and lasting love, no matter how far we had traveled.”

As the nation’s first grandmother, Robinson rose to prominence after her son-in-law Barack Obama was elected US president in 2008.

Michelle Obama said in a different statement that her mother was her rock.

The woman tweeted, “Always there for whatever I needed.”