Lillian Lydia Peterson was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6.

She born on November 9, 1914 in Juneau. She was the daughter of Hugo and Hilja Malin Peterson. Her parents were killed when a landslide destroyed their apartment building on South Franklin Street on November 22, 1936.

Lillian graduated from Juneau High School in 1932 and played the violin in the orchestra. She attended secretarial school and when she returned to Juneau she worked for the Territorial Game Commission, Territorial Legislature and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services until her retirement in 1976.

Lillian married Douglas "Doug" Babcock in Juneau on October 14, 1937. They had two daughters, Malin who was born in Juneau on October 31, 1939 and Susan who was born on February 5, 1945.

Doug and Lillian purchased a home on Vanderbilt Point and lived there for 35 years. The site of their home is now the location of the Juneau Pioneers Home.

She was one of the organizers of the 4H in Juneau in the late 1940's and an owner of Chilkat Fuel in the 1960's.

Lillian died in Juneau on April 21, 2000.

1930/1940 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index; Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol II, p 311; Oral Interview with Malin Babcock; 1923 Juneau High School Yearbook 83