AK AK - Harry Pitka, Emmett Nollner, Claude, Bertha, & Leo Demoski, Nulato, 25 Sept 1960

[Gardener1850]

All 5 persons were last seen in a boat traveling from Nulato to Ruby.
No Photos for any of them, no additional info.

Harry Pitka

Yukon Koyukuk County, Alaska
39 year old native american male

Harry Pitka was last seen traveling via boat from Nulato to Ruby. Also missing with him are Claude Demoski, Bertha Demoski, Leo Demoski and Emmett Nollner.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/42620/

Emmett Nollner

Yukon Koyukuk County, Alaska
28 year old native american male

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/29026/


Claude Demoski

Yukon Koyukuk County, Alaska
45 year old native american male

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/42622/

Bertha Demoski

Yukon Koyukuk County, Alaska
38 year old native american female

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/42621/

Leo Demoski

Yukon Koyukuk County, Alaska
48 year old native american male

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/42623/

 

[Al Ka]

FB page Lost and Missing in Indian Country has just done appeal on FB to trace photo of all people mentioned in above post and also some others
Lost and Missing in Indian Country

 

[christinamarie2019]

FB page Lost and Missing in Indian Country has just done appeal on FB to trace photo of all people mentioned in above post and also some others
Lost and Missing in Indian Country

Yet again, they are asking for help because there was no luck the last time they appealed for help from the FB community, for these 5 and many others.

 

[christinamarie2019]

Just found this newspaper clipping of the incident.

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping...

It's now been 60 years.

 

[Lostangelroad]

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting so I hope I do this correctly. I was looking through some missing persons and this case caught my eye. I found a possible family member's obituary for Claude & Bertha Demoski.
Jeffrey Carl Huntington shows that his maternal grandparents were Claude & Bertha.
Here is the link:Jeffrey Huntington obituary

It says that: He is survived by his mother, Puddings Huntington, his sister, Shay McEwen (and Aaron), his sister, Mona Sam (and Matt), his brother CJ (and Katrina), and his daughters, Claire and Sienna. He was uncle to Jacob and Jonah McEwen; Cass, Blake, Sadie, and Kaylee Huntington; Evan, Matthaeus, Everly, and Emmalyn Sam.

I found Shay Huntington McEwen from Alaska on Facebook but I wasn't sure if I should message her or not? But maybe they would have some pictures?

 

[LunarDeer]

Over 64 years since their disappearance. Here’s a picture taken of Bertha and Claude circa 1944; I’ve so far been unable to locate any photographs of the others.

 

[The4TierBridge]

I'm assuming the most likely scenario here is that the boat sank in the dark? I wonder if any of them have DNA on file, because Alaska has a lot of random unidentified individual human bones found washed up on shore that could possibly be one of these people.