Miss Pieta Sofia Ilmakangas, 25, lived in Paavola, Oulu, Finland with her mother Beata Sofia Ilmakangas, she was unmarried.

In 1912 Pieta's sister Ida Ilmakangas, who had been in America for 7 years, came to Finland to take Pieta to her new home. They travelled from Paavola to Southampton where they boarded the Titanic. Both women died in the sinking, their bodies were never found.