Don Trachte

• Born 1915-05-21 · Died 2005-05-04

Don Trachte graduated from Central High School in Madison, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin. He served in World War II as a lieutenant in the Army. He started working in comics in 1932 as the assistant of Carl Anderson, on the "Henry" strip. In 1948, upon Anderson's death, Don took over the Sunday "Henry" page until 1993. Sometime between 1962 and 2005, he painted duplicates of eight paintings by artists Norman Rockwell, Gene Pelham, Mead Schaeffer, Virginia Webb, and George Hughes, possibly to prevent his estranged wife from obtaining the original artworks in a divorce.