When Rosella Lillian Butterfield was born on 7 March 1906, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, her father, William Hosie Butterfield, was 32 and her mother, Annie Marie Cecelia Quest, was 22. She married Frank Bester on 1 February 1924, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. She lived in Rochelle, Flagg Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 January 1944, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Chico, Butte, California, United States.