Gerald Zink, son of Charles and Ruth Robinson Zink, was born at Bordulac, attended schools in the area and high school at Pingree, North Dakota He married Sylvia Nohrenberg at Pingree May 3, 1946. He farmed with his father until 1949. He was a Standard Oil agent at Bordulac until 1951 when he rented the Zink farm. He bought the farm in 1955 after his father's death. This farm was settled by his grandfather, Wendelin Zink in 1883.
Gerald and Sylvia have six children: Patricia, (Mrs. Havery Nicolson), Roger, Ross, Deborah (Mrs. Tim. Skadberg), Charles, and Christine (Mrs. Christopher Beach).
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 12B