[3] The couple had one daughter, Sinikka Kuula [fi], born in 1917; she later became a professional pianist, and accompanied her mother at concerts.

[3] Most of Toivo Kuula's lied production was written for her, and his 1907 song Tuijotin tulehen kauan (lit.

[2] In 1918, Toivo Kuula was murdered by an unknown assailant at the victory celebrations of the Finnish Civil War in Vyborg.

She never got over her loss, and dedicated the rest of her life to performing her late husband's music in his memory.

However, in 1941, she was scheduled to give a concert in Lappeenranta, but on her way there she suffered a heart attack, and died, very close to her childhood home.