She was wonderfully saved in an Elim Pentecostal Church in Coulston at the age of 18.

She worked as a hair dresser and then a nurse before meeting her partner (William Hawkins) and having three children.

They ran a small retirement home for several years which went into bankrupsy. They lost their house.

Lilian and Bill started a ministry for disabled people from the spastic society.

After a few years they moved into crisis ministry aswell.

Lilian also had a burning desire to take the Gospel to the Gypsies in Australia and later the Aborigines aswell.

In their later years, they started a puppet ministry – the Bass Valley Gospel Puppets – which visited schools, churches & nursing homes.

She required haemodialysis for several years before dying of diabetes related complications.

She remained faithful to God up until the very end.

Praise God for this wonderful lady.

Born 20/10/1937 Died 25/7/2006

A servant of Jesus Christ and a Child of God.

She was a Minister of God’s Love.

She took the Gospel to the gypsies in Australia, to the elderly, to the disabled, to children and to Australian Aboriginals with the support of her life long partner Bill.

Together Lilian & Bill opened and ran a retirement home which went into financial difficulty resulting in them loosing their home.

After getting back on their feet with the help of God and the Church they opened a Refuge taking in families in crisis. This minstry spanned almost a decade.

They ministered to people with cerebral palsy living at the spastic society taking a group to church for many years in a bus.

They used puppets extensively in their ministries visiting schools, churches, nursing homes, Australian Gypsies and Aborigines.

They had three children Nigel, Lisa and Belinda who are all saved and active in the church.

She needed Haemodialysis in her final years.

She never wavered in her faith and was a good example and an encouragement to all who knew her.

She is dearly missed.