[1] Her mother was music teacher Mildred Anderson, and her father was in the family lumber business, Melvin Hult.
[1] Lekberg attended University of Iowa, studying sculpture under Humbert Albrizio [Wikidata], Philip Guston, and Mauricio Lasansky.
[3] Lekberg studied at The Clay Club (now known as the SculptureCenter), under Sahl Swarz and learned how to weld steel sculptures.
[1] The short film Zoe Rising (2014), documented their daughter's life through the memories of Barbara Lekberg.
[7] Lekberg died on February 14, 2018, in a nursing home in the Bronx, after struggling with Alzheimer's disease.