This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riant, Erdmann, Hibbard, Nutbrown, Altenburg, Livernash, LaMere Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2EC.2ACE/2614 Message Board Post: >From the Wausau Pilot - Tuesday, 3/5/1918 Abraham K. Riant of the town of Green Valley, passed away Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. E. Erdmann of Mosinee. Cerebral hemorrhage was the cause of his death. Mr. Riant was born in the state of Pennsylvania and was eighty-two years of age, and a former member of the county board of supervisors. He was a well known lumberman. Funeral services were conducted yesterday from the M. E. church, Rev. E. Britten officiating. Burial was made in the Knowlton cemetery. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. S. D. Hibbard of Sand Point, Idaho; Mrs. A. E. Erdmann of Mosinee; Mrs. E. Nutbrown of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Charles Altenburg of Dancy; Mrs. George Livernash of Necedah; and Mrs. Roy LaMere of Ladysmith. Mr. Riant was one of the pioneer settlers of Marathon county and a man very well known. His wife passed away nineteen years ago.