Sold at Auction: Jacqueline Rochester

Jacqueline Beverly Rochester O'Connor (1924-2010)

A portrait and figure painter as well as sculptor, designer, she was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on September 15, 1924, the daughter of John Russell "Jack" Smith and Nellie Chase. She was raised by Sioux Falls school teachers Dora and June Smith, her paternal aunts. She married Lowell Rochester, had five boys, and lived in Rapid City for many years.

Rochester studied at the Institute Allende in Mexico