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HILLSBOROUGH Patti Leigh (Brooks) Nilsen died Jan. 14 at home. She was 50.
She was born in Joliet, Ill., and lived her entire life in Ringwood before moving to Hillsborough five and a half years ago.
Mrs. Nilsen was a homemaker and volunteered her time at the Piscataway Regional Day School.
Since graduating from Lakeland Regional High School in 1972, she has organized all their class reunions.
Surviving are her husband, David Nilsen; a son, Conor Brooks; a brother, Rip Brooks of Tuxedo Park, N.Y.; one sister, Kent Buchter of Kirtland, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
Private cremation arrangements were by Hillsborough Funeral Home in Hillsborough.
A memorial service for friends and relatives in North Jersey will be announced at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
