She lived in Wyncote and the Rittenhouse Square area of Philadelphia before moving to New Jersey, initially to Atlantic City. The Simon Gratz High School graduate, born Mildred Kanefsky, grew up above her father's grocery store, Morris' Market, in North Philadelphia. She began to focus intensely on her sculpting in the 1970s.

"She became enamored with marble," said her son, Nat-han Zinberg. Mrs. Zinberg and her husband, Herman, often traveled to Italy, where the stone was produced, her son said. She would take sculpting classes while he sat outside and read. Mrs. Zinberg shaped more than 60 pieces, chipping away at stones so heavy two people were required to lift them, her son said. "She loved torsos and different body shapes," he said. She turned down most requests to sell her pieces, preferring to display them or to give them to family.

While living in Wyncote and raising her three children in the 1960s, Mrs. Zinberg started a chapter of the Deborah Hospital Foundation in support of the Deborah Heart and Lung Center. She rose to treasurer of the hospital's auxiliary council.

A sun lover, Mrs. Zinberg was diagnosed with skin cancer seven years ago. Despite two major operations, she remained active and was still going to a fitness club at age 84.

In addition to her husband and son, Mrs. Zinberg is survived by daughters Rochelle Pripstein and Lynn Sichel, two sisters, a brother, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were private. Memorial donations may be made to AtlantiCare Hospice, Box 1626, Pleasantville, N.J. 08232.