Sarah "Sally" Merry (Fogle) - MIddle Name

Re: "the middle initial of "M" was not preserved."
That is technically not correct.

Two versions were merged, so on her Profile the data in the version chosen as Primary is displayed
If you click Actions you will see the choice to "Resolve Conflicting Data"
Click on that and
That gets you to the screen where all Conflicting Data is presented until which is actually correct has been determined.