- His son, Dennis Ketcham, with whom he had with his first wife, Alice Louise Mahar, was the inspiration, that led to the creation of his so famous and still running and humorous comic strip "Dennis the Menace!". The comic strip is now being run daily, by two King Features' animators. Ron Ferdinand for the larger Sunday comic strip. Marcus Hamilton, for weekdays and Saturday, for the smaller comic strips. He was married to Jo Anne Stevens, they were married 1960 to 1977. Rolande Praepost was his third and final wife. His younger two, Dania and Scott Ketcham, were from his marriage, to Rolande Praepost.
- Survived by, but estranged from, his real-life son Dennis Ketcham, age 55, the first of Ketcham's three children. Dennis' mother - Ketcham's first wife, Alice, died of a drug overdose in 1959, when Dennis Ketcham, his first son was 13 years old. Hank Ketcham was a father, of 3 children, total. Their names at each birth were Dennis Ketcham, Dania Ketcham and Scott Ketcham. Rolande Praepost is or was the mother of Dania Ketcham and Scott Ketcham.
- Hank Ketcham's "Dennis the Menace" also appeared on Dairy Queen's shakes and Ice Cream containers.
- Brother in Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
- He was an avid golfer.
- Following his retirement, he turned over the operation of the strip to his syndicate, although Ketcham's name still appears on it.
- Was once the part-owner of Doc's Lab, a private club on Monterey's Cannery Row. Other members were artist Eldon Dedini, and fellow cartoonist Gus Arriola.
- Paid for the creation of Dennis the Menace Park in Monterey, California.
- In some comic strips of "Dennis the Menace", the girl, "Dennis Mitchell" likes far much more than "Margaret Wade", is named "Gina", after Italian actress and model Gina Lollobrigida.
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