Barbara A. Zulkoski

Barbara A. Zulkoski, 48, of Alda died Sunday, November 18, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services will be at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Wood River with Rev. James Janovec officiating. Burial will be at the Alda Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm on Tuesday with a 7 pm Rosary Service at the church in Wood River. Memorials are suggested to the GRACE Foundation or to the Central Nebraska Humane Society. Apfel Funeral Home is serving the family. Barb was born on March 24, 1964 in Grand Island, the daughter of Wayne and Sharon (Denman) Meier. She grew up in the Alda area, attending elementary school at District #6 near Alda and graduating from Wood River Rural High School in 1982. After High School she attended Kearney State College. Barb worked for Bosselmans and Country General before beginning her career as an administrator with the Hall County Housing Authority. She had worked there for the last 24 years. Barb was united in marriage to Marty Zulkoski on October 12, 2011 in Kearney. The couple lived in Grand Island before moving to a farm outside of Alda. Barb enjoyed bowling, attending concerts with her niece and nephews, boating, gambling trips with her mom and had a great love of animals. Barb is survived by her husband, Marty Zulkoski of Alda, her parents, Wayne and Sharon Meier of Alda, brother and sister-in-law, Mike and Marta Meier of Grand Island, sister and brother-in-law, Michelle and Mark Zimmer of Polk, two step-sons, Ryan and wife Misty Zulkoski of Kearney and Tyler Zulkoski of Shelton, step-daughter Sasha Lindstrom of Grand Island, step-grandchildren, Ryker and Moriyah Zulkoski and Malachi and Jocelyn Lindstrom, special nephews, Derrek Meier of Lincoln and Adam Meier of York, and special niece Malorie Meier of Lincoln. Barb was preceded in death by her grandparents, Mayme and Loyal Denman and Carl Sr. and Katherine Meier.