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STATION, THIS IS WCCO 4 NEWS.
MINNESOTA TWINS TRY TO
CLENCH THEIR SPOT IN THE
POSTSEASON TONIGHT, THEY ARE
ALSO MOURNING THE LOSS OF A
LONGTIME FRIEND.
PEG AMHOFF WORKED FOR THE
TEAM FOR 42 YEARS AS A PRESS
BOX ATTENDANT.
ALWAYS A SMILE, ALWAYS A
HUG, VERY DOWN TO EARTH,
WHETHER YOU'RE A CELEBRITY
BROADCASTER, WHETHER YOU'RE AN
INTERN OR AN INTERN THAT'S
WORKING FOR THE TEAM.
PEG'S CAREER WITH THE TWINS
STARTED AT MET STADIUM.
HER JOB TOOK HER TO THE
METRODOME AND THEN TO TARGET
FIELD AND IN THIS WEEK'S LIFE
STORY THE SOURCE OF PEG'S JOY
COULD BE FOUND AT HOME.
CAST, MEDIA, EVERYBODY CAME
BY THIS DESK AND PEG WAS ALWAYS
THERE WITH A SMILE AND A
GREETING AND A HUG AND SHE WAS
A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR US AND A
TRUE FRIEND TO EVERYBODY.
Reporter: IT WAS PEG'S JOB
TO MAKE SURE THE REPORTERS WHO
COVERED THE TWINS' HOME GAMES
AND STAFF MEMBERS OF VISITING
TEAMS HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED TO
DO THEIR JOBS, BUT SHE TENDED
TO TAKE THINGS A STEP FURTHER.
THE WARMTH, THE SMILE, THE
HUGS, SHE ALWAYS WANTED A HUG,
YOU KNOW, SHE IS LIKE YOUR MOM,
SHE IS LIKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
WHEN THE TEAM MOVED INTO
TARGET FIELD, THEY NAMED A
SECTION OF THE PRESS BOX PEG'S
CAFE.
THE WHOLE THING OF THE
POPCORN AND THE HOT DOGS WAS
ALWAYS PEG'S.
OVER THE YEARS PEG BECAME
CLOSE FRIENDS WITH MANY OF THE
TWINS PLAYERS AND STAFF
MEMBERS.
SHE ALSO SNUGGLED UP TO A FEW
STAR PLAYERS FROM OTHER TEAMS.
PEG WAS JUST A WONDERFUL
PERSON AND A TRUE CARING
PERSON.
SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW HOW
MY KIDS ARE DOING, EVERYBODY
SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH, I
THINK SHE HAD THAT SAME LEVEL
OF INTIMACY.
Reporter: LONG BEFORE PEG
WORKED FOR THE TWINS, SHE
WORKED AT HOME RAISING THREE
CHILDREN WITH HER HUSBAND,
PHOTOS OF THEIR 1-YEAR-OLD
BABIES ARE THE CENTERPIECE OF
HER HOUSE.
BEEN HANGING THERE SINCE WE
WERE ALL ONE YEAR OLD TOO.
Reporter: HER PARENTS SHARED
A DEEP LOVE AND A CLOSE
FRIENDSHIP.
SHE LOVED HIM SO MUCH.
THEIR TIME TOGETHER WAS JUST
CUT WAY TOO SHORT.
Reporter: PEG'S HUSBAND DIED
FROM CANCER SHORTLY AFTER HIS
RETIREMENT, NEARLY 20 YEARS
AGO.
THE TWINS AND THAT JOB SAVED
HER LIFE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE HERE 18
YEARS AFTER MY FATHER DIED IF
SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT EXTENDED
FAMILY TO HELP HER.
IF THEY COULD HELP BRING HER
HAPPINESS WITH A HUG AND VICE
VERSA, THAT WAS AWESOME.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
4 NEWS.
PEG PASSED AWAY TWO WEEKS
AGO AFTER A BRIEF BATTLE WITH
PANCREATIC CANCER.
SHE WAS 79 YEARS OLD.
IF YOU HAVE A LIFE STORY
SUGGESTION YOU CAN SHARE IT
WITH US BY VISITING
WCCO.COM/LINKS.
AND YOU GUYS BOTH KNEW PEG.
I FEEL BAD FOR JEFF AND THE
TWINS FAMILY AND HER EXTENDED
FAMILY BECAUSE SHE WAS ALL
THOSE THINGS THEY SAID, SO
GENUINE AND NICE AND OUTGOING.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF DOING
BATTING PRACTICE BUDDIES DOZENS
OF TIMES, YOU WOULD SEE PEG
ALWAYS A SMILE EXCEPT ONE TIME
WHEN IT WAS REALLY HUMID.
OH, NO KIDDING?
THEN SHE WOULD GIVE ME THAT
