Her parents were Gertrude Elizabeth King and Captain Andrew Monro Jukes, a military doctor who died in 1918.
[1][2] During World War II Jukes worked with evacuees in Scotland before returning to London to train as a nurse.
[3] She qualified as a state registered nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1945.
[4] Jukes taught sculpture at the Sir John Cass College School of Art and the City of London Polytechnic from 1947 until 1975.
[2][4] Working in clay, wood, stone, bronze and plaster, Jukes created busts, reliefs and statuettes and between 1935 and 1966 she exhibited works at the Royal Academy in London.