Submitted by: Dan Rich

Delena M. Zultanski

May 4, 1919 - Dec. 19, 1996

South Bend Tribune 12/22/1996

Delena M. Zultanski, 77, of East Bowman Street, South Bend, died Thursday evening in St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka, after an illness. She was born May 4, 1919, in Ilion, N.Y. She was a bookkeeper at the North American Sign Co. for 36 years and retired in 1983. She lived in the South Bend area since 1937, coming from New York.

She married Matthew H. (Hank) Zultanski in South Bend and he survives. She is also survived by four daughters, Barbara Werntz and Mary C. Potter, both of South Bend, Sharon Ptacek of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Kathy Laxson of Nanpa, Idaho; three sons, Butch C. Zultanski and Mitch H. Zultanski, both of South Bend, and Timothy J. Zultanski of Granger; 29 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Her sister, Emma McGrath, preceded her in death.

Friends may call Sunday, Dec. 22 at Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3718 S. Michigan St., from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. with a rosary Sunday at 4 p.m. Services will be Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Matthew Cathedral. Burial will be at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger.