Lost in the Waves: The search for missing mariners
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Hokey and Billy Hokanson
This article is written by the author of The Sol E Mar Tragedy Off Martha's Vineyard, (Disaster) published this year and available in ebook or paperback.
Both men have no photo NamUs listings.
William "Hokey" Hokanson, Sr. - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/25525
William "Billy" Hokanson, Jr. - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/25526
By Capt. W. Russell Webster
Posted Nov. 23, 2014 @ 2:01 am
It was a necessary message to receive, but dreadful all the same.
In early August 2014, the Rhode Island Medical Examiners office reached out to Ellen (Hokanson) Ouellette through Facebook to ask for family DNA that could help identify her missing son, Billy. It was the third time that the MEs office had contacted Ouellette to assist with an identification of human remains since her son, Billy, 19, and ex-husband Hokey Hokanson, 44, Billys father, had gone missing in a terrible sea tragedy off Marthas Vineyard March 25, 1990.
According to Ouellette, Every morning for the past 24 years I never knew if it would be the day I got another call saying they had found my son's remains and possibly another disappointment. When I didn't get a call, all I would say was maybe tomorrow.'" When asked about the latest inquiry from the MEs office, Ouellette remarked, "I can't do this again, what am I going to do, it was just as hard to absorb (this time) as it was the other two times. Will he finally be coming home?"
much more at link.
Hokey and Billy Hokanson
This article is written by the author of The Sol E Mar Tragedy Off Martha's Vineyard, (Disaster) published this year and available in ebook or paperback.
Both men have no photo NamUs listings.
William "Hokey" Hokanson, Sr. - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/25525
William "Billy" Hokanson, Jr. - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/25526