Eleanor "Ellie" Dankenbring, 1933. Eleanor, the younger of two daughters of George and Alma Dankenbring, was raised by her maternal grandparents in Waterloo, Iowa after her mother's untimely demise. At age 14 in 1927, she went to live with her aunt and uncle in Manning, Iowa. A coed at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, she was chosen as the University beauty queen in her sophomore year, which resulted in her choice as Miss Iowa. Disqualified from the Pageant when the Manning mayor did not verify her residency in time, Ellie subsequently moved to Washington, DC to pursue job opportunities. Sadly, she was the third 1933 contestant to die, at just age 61 in 1974.
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