Relation to Ralph (Sonny) ShankmanIrving Katz, Jr., the son of Irving Katz, the brother of Robert Ellis Katz, the father of Ellis Robert Katz, the father of Private, the husband of Private, the daughter of Margie Sylvia Evensky Goodman, the daughter of Bessie Rose (Rochel) Margolin Evensky, the sister of Lena (Chasha Baila) Margolin Shankman, the mother of Ralph (Sonny) Shankman
When Irving Katz was born on September 8, 1944, in Tennessee, his father, Irving, was 46 and his mother, Sarah, was 32. He lived in Memphis, Tennessee, for more than 55 years from 1950 to 2005. He died on October 5, 2005, at the age of 61, and was buried in Memphis, Tennessee.