Jack was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Glen Arthur Kratt and Lucille Betty Zigelmiller.
Jack and his parents survived a serious interurban train collision in September of 1950, which seriously injured his mother, and killed his uncle Raymond G. Kratt and aunt Marion E. Doyle Kratt.
He attended Taft High School in Chicago, where he took part in producing the school's newspaper, The Tribune, which won All-American honors for excellence. He is remembered by a schoolmate as being a talented musician with a particular affinity for stringed instruments, such as guitar, banjo, and mandolin. Jack played a few gigs as part of a music trio during his high school years, singing and performing mainly acoustic folk music, which was a genre that inspired the imagination of many young people during the 1960s.
Jack passed away in his hometown of Chicago, on 22 May 2014.
Jack and his parents survived a serious interurban train collision in September of 1950, which seriously injured his mother, and killed his uncle Raymond G. Kratt and aunt Marion E. Doyle Kratt.
He attended Taft High School in Chicago, where he took part in producing the school's newspaper, The Tribune, which won All-American honors for excellence. He is remembered by a schoolmate as being a talented musician with a particular affinity for stringed instruments, such as guitar, banjo, and mandolin. Jack played a few gigs as part of a music trio during his high school years, singing and performing mainly acoustic folk music, which was a genre that inspired the imagination of many young people during the 1960s.
Jack passed away in his hometown of Chicago, on 22 May 2014.
Jack was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Glen Arthur Kratt and Lucille Betty Zigelmiller.
Jack and his parents survived a serious interurban train collision in September of 1950, which seriously injured his mother, and killed his uncle Raymond G. Kratt and aunt Marion E. Doyle Kratt.
He attended Taft High School in Chicago, where he took part in producing the school's newspaper, The Tribune, which won All-American honors for excellence. He is remembered by a schoolmate as being a talented musician with a particular affinity for stringed instruments, such as guitar, banjo, and mandolin. Jack played a few gigs as part of a music trio during his high school years, singing and performing mainly acoustic folk music, which was a genre that inspired the imagination of many young people during the 1960s.
Jack passed away in his hometown of Chicago, on 22 May 2014.
Jack and his parents survived a serious interurban train collision in September of 1950, which seriously injured his mother, and killed his uncle Raymond G. Kratt and aunt Marion E. Doyle Kratt.
He attended Taft High School in Chicago, where he took part in producing the school's newspaper, The Tribune, which won All-American honors for excellence. He is remembered by a schoolmate as being a talented musician with a particular affinity for stringed instruments, such as guitar, banjo, and mandolin. Jack played a few gigs as part of a music trio during his high school years, singing and performing mainly acoustic folk music, which was a genre that inspired the imagination of many young people during the 1960s.
Jack passed away in his hometown of Chicago, on 22 May 2014.
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