Lenette King Ladner Zulli passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2020, from colon cancer at the age of 73. Beloved wife of John J. Zulli, Jr. Daughter of Leonard Philip King and The Late Gloria Mae Morales King. Stepmother of Sandra Zulli (Sharon Leger), John Zulli, III (Janice), Kenneth Zulli, Sr. (Christine), and Gina Zulli Todd (Mike). Stepgrandmother of Kenny Zulli, Jr. (Emily), Jordan Zulli, (Great grandchild, Carter Zulli), Nicolette Zulli, Megan Zulli, John Gabriel Zulli, and Alexis Zulli. Sister of Sydney M. Mulnick (David), Brother of Wayne P. King, Sr. (Pam), aunt of Piper Brown Bogle (The Late John R. Bogle, Jr.), Erin Mulnick Benoit (Leon), Lisa Lopez, Lori Goll (Michael) and Leni Engle (Rich), Robert M. Brown (Deborah), Wayne King, Jr. (Josie), great aunt of Virginia Spencer, Alyssa M. Brown, Catherine Goll, Olivia Clontz, Isabella Lopez, Elizabeth King, Richard H. Spencer, Brandon J. Bogle, Jaxon C. Benoit, Jeffrey King, Justin King, Alex Bordelon, Pablo Lopez, and Seth Goll. Lenette was a resident of St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes in Louisiana and Hancock County, MS. She was a 1965 graduate of Chalmette High School, Louisiana State University New Orleans, Bachelor of Arts 1971, and Loyola University, Master of Education 1972. She was an educator for 37 years – 24 years in St. Bernard Parish and 12 years in Hancock County, MS. During her tenure, she was a Librarian of Meraux Elementary School, served as a Counselor, and then Assistant Principal of Andrew Jackson High School and Principal of Charles B. Murphy Elementary. For 25 years, Lenette owned and operated the Country Acres Summer Camp for children in Kiln, MS, where her passion for children and animals flourished. Lenette’s lifetime joys and interests were dancing, reading, sewing, baking, music, theater, and domestic and world travels. Lenette was a devoted Catholic affiliated with the churches, Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Queen of Peace in St. Tammany Parish, and St. Matthew the Apostle in Hancock County, MS. A special thanks to St. Tammany Parish Hospital Oncology and Hospice Departments in Mandeville and Ochsner Hospital Oncology Department in New Orleans. A private service was held on August 18, 2020, at St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home in Chalmette, LA. Officiant: Father Robert Cooper. Memorial donations may be made payable to the St. Bernard Parish School Board Lenette King Ladner Zulli Library Fund, and mailed to 200 E. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, LA, 70043. To sign and view the family guestbook, please visit www.stbernardmemorial.com.
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