Complex sentence: Eberling also became friends with Ethel May Durkin, a wealthy, childless widow who lived in Lakewood, Ohio who had hired Eberling to do some decorating for her, and quickly became her most trusted confidante.
Split into simpler sentences: Eberling also became friends with Ethel May Durkin, a wealthy, childless widow who lived in Lakewood, Ohio. Durkin hired Eberling to do some decorating for her and he quickly became her most trusted confidante.