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Viea Taylor, actress, businesswoman
Viea M. Taylor was a radio and stage actress, a businesswoman, a fund-raiser for the symphony and opera and a homemaker.
"She was very savvy and perceptive," said Mrs. Taylor's daughter, Viea Suzanne Gerwin. "Once she became your friend, she was a very loyal friend."
Mrs. Taylor, 73, of Hyde Park, died Wednesday at her home following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Taylor was an actress in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
At WLW radio in Cincinnati, she portrayed numerous characters in dramas and children's plays and worked with such notables as Rod Serling, Earl Hamner, John Carradine and Paul Dixon.
On the stage, she worked in summer stock in New York and acted locally as a member of the Mummers Club. She starred in such plays as " Born Yesterday" and "The Glass Menagerie."
She ended her acting career when she married Keith Taylor in 1954.
When her husband died in 1983, she took over as president of Premier Industries, a paper manufacturing firm in Covington.
She also formed the Taylor Co. in downtown Cincinnati to oversee Premier Industries and a family-owned Alabama timber growing operation, Pako Plantation.
She was a member of the American Forest Paper Association and the Forest Land Owners Association.
"She became very involved in business and investing," said Mrs. Gerwin. "She was an excellent businesswoman."
Mrs. Taylor enjoyed opera and classical music and hosted many gatherings following performances by the Cincinnati Opera and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She also hosted fund-raising events for the symphony and opera.
In 1994, Mrs. Taylor hosted then-U.S. Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole at her home for a fund-raiser for U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine, R- Ohio.
She was a member of the Queen City Club, Cincinnati Woman's Club, The Town Club, Hyde Park Country Club and Coldstream Country Club.
Mrs. Taylor graduated from Western Hills High School in 1945 and the University of Cincinnati in 1951.
Other survivors include Mrs. Taylor's mother, Hilda Koch Messham; her sister, Paula Ann Watkins; a son, Jay Paul Taylor, and two grandchildren, Taylor Anne Gerwin and James Paul Taylor.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at All Saints Episcopal Church, Grand Vista and Parkman Place, Pleasant Ridge.
Friends may call at the family residence, 1243 W. Rookwood Drive, Hyde Park, from 5-7 tonight.
The George H. Rohde & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
DEBORAH ANNE BOYKIN, 43, of Mount Healthy, died Wednesday. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lee Chapel, 2009 Pogue Ave. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. Arrangements: Johnson Brown Funeral Home.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
WILLIAM H. BUDDENBERG, 85, of Rising Sun, Ind., died Sept. 26. He was retired from Seagram's Distillery. He also worked at the Fernald uranium processing plant. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Saturday at Markland Funeral Home, 327 N. High St., Ris ing Sun. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. EDT today at the funeral home. Memorials: Rising Sun Life Squad, Rising Sun Fire Department, or Rising Sun First United Church of Christ.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
FREDDIE W. FRAZIER, 77, of College Hill, died Wednesday. He was a printer for Cincinnati Bell. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Carmel Presbyterian Church, 3549 Reading Road. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
MAURICE FREDERICK GREIFENKAMP, 71, of Loveland, died at noon Wednesday. He was a tool and die maker with the Ford Motor Co., Sharonville. Memorial Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Bernard Church, Dayton, Ky. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Christian Appalachian Project, 322 Crab Orchard St., Lancaster, Ky. 40446.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
AMANDA LEE PHELPS-HALL, 58, of Roselawn, died Monday. Ms. Hall was a nurse's aide. Services: 7 tonight at Renfro & Piper Funeral Home, 647 Forest Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 6 tonight at the funeral home.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
NELSON SETTLES, 67, of Avondale, died Monday. He was a driver for Mason & Dixon Trucking. Services: 7 tonight at Word of Deliverance Church, 11331 Southland Road. Visitation: 6 tonight at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
BOBBIE VIRGINIA SMITH, 67, of English Woods, died Sunday. Ms. Smith was a housekeeper. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 09-29-2000
ROSIE ANN ASHCRAFT, 87, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Thursday. He was a retired lineworker for U.S. Shoe Corp. Services: 2 p.m. EDT Monday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: Noon EDT Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: Margaret Mary Community Hospice Program.
Date of application: 09-30-2000
GENE J. BARBER, 73, of Mount Orab, Ohio, died Friday. He was a retired farmer. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 09-30-2000
ETHEL FRANCES DORSEY, 94, of Avondale, died Thursday. She was a homemaker. Services: noon Monday at Zion Baptist Church. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Gilbert Avenue, is handling the arrangements.
Date of application: 09-30-2000
JOHN MICHAEL HARTMAN, 88, of Morris, Ind., died Friday. He was a farmer. Mass: 10 a.m. EST Monday at St. Anthony Church, Morris, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST Sunday at Meyers Funeral Home, Batesville, Ind. Memorials: St. Anthony Church Heating Fund or Batesville Rescue 10.
Date of application: 09-30-2000
FRANCIS PAUL LAAKER, 77, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Thursday. He was a trucker and a U.S. Army veteran. Services: 10:30 a.m. EDT Monday at Ulrich Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Dillsboro Emergency Unit or Milan Rescue 30.
Date of application: 09-30-2000
