Peters , Lillian B.

- bn 1872? – d. Napier December 18 1952. N.Z.B.M.S. Missionary, India, 1894-1903. Member of Hanover Street. Life member B.W.M.U. Miss Peters’ valuable work with young people in India was first interrupted by ill health in 1896. In 1898 she resumed youth work in Brahmanbaria but in 1903 she suffered a nervous breakdown and was forced to retire after independent medical examinations recommended she not return to the field. In 1905 she married Rev. F.G. Buckingham (see separate entry) who was President of the Union in 1907/8. She served with him in the Nelson, Oamaru and Thames churches, bringing a missionary zeal to each. Refs: NZB August 1904, 310; obituary NZB February 1953, 33.