Overview
- The 65-year-old died Friday at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky, after a yearslong battle with cancer.
- George Clooney said in a statement to People that “my sister, Ada, was my heroine” and praised her courage and humor.
- A funeral Mass is scheduled Monday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maysville, according to the family obituary.
- The family requested memorial donations to the Knoedler Memorial Library in Augusta in lieu of flowers.
- Zeidler spent decades teaching art in Augusta and kept a low profile; she married Norman Zeidler in 1987 and they had two children before his death in 2004.