Born in St. Johns, Michigan, she studied music with Carlos Sobimo, Francis Hendricks and Horace E Tureman.
The family maintained homes in New York and Colorado, where Lola founded the Denver American Music Society and served as its first president.
[3] Along with other musicians such as Caroline Holme Walker, Lola maintained a studio at Brinton Terrace in Denver,[4] where she coached pianists, singers, and young composers.
She gave recitals with contralto Louis Merten, whom she accompanied on piano.
[5] In addition to her work as a musician, Lola filed patents for dolls she developed in 1922,[6] 1924,[7] and 1925.