Eade, Mrs B.N. (née Lois Augusta Adams)

- bn – d. 3 December 1986. N.Z.B.M.S. Missionary, India, 1926-1962. Trained at the Methodist University of Los Angeles. Originally preparing for work with the Methodist Episcopal Mission Board of America, (then) Miss Adams met Rev. B.N. Eade (see separate entry) at the language school in Darjeeling and they were married in 1928. They ministered for 20 years in Chandpur, where Mrs Eade assisted her husband predominantly with administration. In the 1940s they relocated to Agartala, where the Rev. Eade established the Tripura Bible School and Mrs Eade took classes for the wives of students in basic literacy, sewing and hygiene. Under her guidance these near-illiterate women were able to read and tell Bible stories for themselves. Ref.: Obituary: NZB March 1987, 11.