Yes, makes sense.
ALLAFRICA LINK. By John Oywa, 15 August 2004
In fact, he worked for The Dole Corp pineapple cannery for one month, and apparently washed dishes in a cafe according to some locals, but the rest, from an article dated 2004 would seem to be correct. The kenyan wrote to his family in the village, the old man Onyango was the only one who could read, his letters were read out to the clan, and in an oral society, it follows the clan remembered.
So who was Anna Toot who became Anna Obama?