Roberta (Bobbi) K. Nielsen , 70, died peacefully on May 26, 2007 at Bridgeway Senior Healthcare Care Center in Bridgewater, New Jersey after fighting an eighteen year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). She was the daughter of the late Evelyn and James Nielsen of Florham Park. Her childhood was spent in Teaneck, and she lived in Florham Park, Denville, and Bedminster before moving to Bridgewater in 2004. Bobbi graduated from Teaneck High School and attended Fairleigh Dickinson University. During her career she worked for Delta Airlines as a Senior Flight Attendant for several years before holding positions in Human Resource Management with a number of manufacturing companies. She retired as a human resources executive for Calvin Klein Cosmetics in 1992. Her relatives and friends will always remember her for her resilient spirit and courage in the face of the difficulty she had to endure. She enjoyed and valued her many friends and loved getting together with them. Her interests were walking, traveling, and dining out. Her large extended family and relatives were her pride and joy and she cherished collecting and sharing family histories and memories. Survivors include her son, Scott Friedly and his wife, Tracey of Eldersburg, Maryland, her grandchildren, Lauren and Justin, her sisters, Elaine Fevola and her husband, Vincent of Toms River, Jean Baker and her husband, Stephen of Branchburg, Ellen Rannells and husband, Jack of Branchburg, and a brother, James F. Nielsen Jr. and Jean Nielsen of Newfoundland, nine nieces and nephews and several loyal and caring caregivers. A memorial service and burial will be held at 12:00 Friday, June 1, 2007 at Restland Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, 77 DeForest Ave., East Hanover, N.J. In lieu of flowers, contributions are encouraged to the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Center, Attention: Clinical Studies, Colombia University Neurological Institute, 710 W. 168th St., 9th Floor, N.Y. 10032 and the Caringbridge, a non-profit organization that supports families in crisis. Website: www.Caringbridge.org. To send a lasting tribute or condolences to the Nielsen family, please sign the online guestbook. Click "Sign Guestbook" below.