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Eleanor K. Stromberg
On Monday, May 3, 2021, Eleanor Stromberg passed away peacefully at the Hadley House Assisted Living in Perham, MN. At her passing, she was just 6 days short of her 99th birthday.
Eleanor was born in Egeland, North Dakota on May 9, 1922 to Grace and Melvin Rock. Following high school she went to Jamestown State Teacher’s College where she graduated at the top of her class. After college she moved to Hollywood, California to help with the war effort (WWII). She worked for Lockheed Corporation in several roles including riveting aircraft (she was a “Rosie the Riveter”). In the evenings she and her friends went to the famous Hollywood Palladium Ballroom where she danced to all the big bands of the era including the Harry James Band and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. At the end of the war she came back to North Dakota and taught school in Rock Lake, ND, Perham, Battle Lake, Pequot Lakes, Crosby, Brainerd and Wadena. It was in Perham she met a ....

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Eleanor K. Stromberg
On Monday, May 3, 2021, Eleanor Stromberg passed away peacefully at the Hadley House Assisted Living in Perham, MN. At her passing, she was just 6 days short of her 99th birthday.
Eleanor was born in Egeland, North Dakota on May 9, 1922 to Grace and Melvin Rock. Following high school she went to Jamestown State Teacher’s College where she graduated at the top of her class. After college she moved to Hollywood, California to help with the war effort (WWII). She worked for Lockheed Corporation in several roles including riveting aircraft (she was a “Rosie the Riveter”). In the evenings she and her friends went to the famous Hollywood Palladium Ballroom where she danced to all the big bands of the era including the Harry James Band and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. At the end of the war she came back to North Dakota and taught school in Rock Lake, ND, Perham, Battle Lake, Pequot Lakes, Crosby, Brainerd and Wadena. It was in Perham she met a ....

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