THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE
OFTEN LEAVES FAMILY MEMBERS TO
SHARE STORIES.
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY
WILL MISS THE MOST.
ANYBODY THAT MET AMY REALLY
LIKED HER, VERY PERSONABLE,
WARM, JENUAL AND A CARING.
IRENE WAS KNOWN AS AMY TO
MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS,
IN THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY, SHE
WAS KNOWN AS A TRAIL BLAZER IN
THE 1950s.
TONIGHT'S LIFE STORY, ANGELA
DAVIS SHOWS US HOW IRENE WAS ONE
OF THE FIRST WIM TOON FIND
SUCCESS IN-- WOMEN TO FIND
SUCCESS IN A FIELD DOMINATED BY
MEN.
IT GIVES MY HAIR THE KINDEST,
GENTLEST HAIR LIKE REAL RAIN
WATER.
COMMERCIALS IN THE 1950s WERE
DISTINCT.
DID YOU EVER SEE SUCH
WONDERFUL STUDS?
DAYTON'S DEPARTMENT STORE HAD
A TEAM OF COPY WRITERS AND
ARTISTS WHO CAME UP WITH IDEAS
FOR ADS, IRENE HAD A PLACE AT
THE TABLE.
SHE TOLD HER KIDS SHE WROTE THIS
LINE.
USE WHITE RAIN TONIGHT,
TOMORROW YOUR HAIR WILL BE
SUNSHINE BRIGHT.
♪ USE NEW WHITE RAIN TONIGHT,
TOMORROW YOUR HAIR WILL BE
SUNSHINE BRIGHT ♪ ♪
.
I RECALL HER TALKING WITH
DAYTONS AND TAKING THE CABLE CAR
AND WORKING DOWNTOWN.
LINN IS IRENE'S STEP
DAUGHTER.
SOUNDS LIKE SHE HAD SKILLS,
CREATIVE.
VERY CREATIVE.
AND SHE WAS ALWAYS COMING UP
WITH IDEAS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS
AND SHE KEPT FILES AND FILES AND
FILES OF DIFFERENT IDEAS,
ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT SHE WAS
PROUD OF, HELPING RAID PROMOTE
THE POWER OF ITS BUG SPRAY.
ATTACKS THEM AS THEY CRAWL.
AND KILLS THEM DEAD.
SHE WOULD SAY ONE OF MY
CLAIMS TO FAME IS I CAME UP
WITH "RAID KILLS BUGS DEAD."
I WAS LIKE I HAVE HEARD OF THAT.
WHO HASN'T?
LINN'S FATHER MARRIED IRENE
WHEN THEY WERE CLOSE TO
RETIREMENT IN THE 1980s AND HER
DAD STARTED CALLING IRENE AMY
BECAUSE IT WAS A NAME FROM HIS
FAVORITE LOVE SONG, JAMES WAS A
COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOT FOR
NORTHWEST WHEN AIR TRAVEL WAS
JUST TAKING OFF.
I REMEMBER HIM COMING HOME
WITH HIS PROMOTION TO THE 747,
THAT IS A BIG PLANE, THAT WAS
THE BIGGEST PLANE.
AS A RETIRED COUPLE, THE 2
LIVED IN PARK RAPIDS.
JUNE 30th, JAMES DIED.
JULY 18th, IRENE FOLLOWED HIM.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THEM
PASSING SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER?
I AM SURE THEY JUST COULDN'T
LIVE WITHOUT EACH OTHER.
WE WOULD VISIT EVERY DAY, JUST
THAT LOSS OF COMPANIONSHIP, GIVE
UNTHE WILL TO-- UP THE WILL TO
LIVE.
IRENE BORDEN DIED LAST WEEK.
IF YOU HAVE A LIFE STORY, GO
