Lloyd Nelson worked as a commercial fisherman and was often away fishing, Guno said. His wife worked as a net mender and was often busy. With the parents both working, that left Guno to care for her younger brother. This early rearing forged a deep bond that lasted throughout Nelson’s life.
Nelson eventually fished with his father, and they’d spend days on the water together. He was close to his mother as well. His father died in 2012. His mother died a year later.
Nelson never overcame the sorrow of his parents’ deaths, Guno said. He consoled his grief with alcohol, and ended up homeless, wandering from Prince
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