...Nelson got Sugar in November of 1997, a little more than a year after the Aug. 19, 1996, death of her son, Calvin E. Nelson. Her husband, Calvin A. Nelson, died in Arizona on Aug. 1, 1998, just under a year later. Sugar, who was...

...substitute. Nelson considers herself an optimist despite having her share of personal tragedy. She lost her son, Calvin E. Nelson, in Juneau on Aug. 19, 1996. She lost her husband, Calvin A. Nelson, two years later. She was by his side...