California middle school teacher Leah Seneng, who died a month after a bat bit her inside a classroom, was remembered by friends and colleagues as "dedicated" and a "lover of life."

A California art teacher died of rabies November 22, about a month after apparently being infected by a bat she found in her classroom.

Art teacher Leah Seneng, 60, was trying to help a bat find its way out of her classroom when she was apparently bitten. She died a month later from rabies.