Howard Lee Muse, 72, of Pringle, SD, passed away Wednesday, December 7 ^th at his home surrounded by  those that loved him the most. Lee was born January 24 ^th , 1950, in Colorado Springs, CO. In his teens Lee  left California and moved to Cimarron, New Mexico where he worked on the Philmont ranch and found  his love of cowboying. He later went on to Colorado to continue working on some ranches for Tom  Trefney and Paul Kane in the Red Owl Canyon area near Wellington Co. In the late 1970's Lee moved out  to Edgemont, SD where he worked for the railroad. He met his wife, Christine Clark in 1985. They got  married on December 7 ^th , 1988, and settled down on a small ranch near Pringle, SD where they raised  two boys and a girl. Lee enjoyed spending time outdoors, fishing and hunting but his time spent  cowboying drove his true passion for ranching. In September of 2016 a little baby girl named Haizlee  was born and quickly became the center of her papa's world and his best friend. Lee was blessed with  three beautiful grandchildren and a great granddaughter that he cherished most of all. He was preceded  in death by his father Robert Lee Knox, mother Mary Alice Dulmge, his brother George Muse, and his  son Devon Sammons.

Survivors include his wife Christine Muse, son Damien Sammons, daughter Laura (Muse) Schmitz, father  Grant Muse, sister Michelle Clemons, brother RC Knox, bonus mother Bettye Knox, grandchildren  Cadence Hyatt, Haizlee Muse, Kinsley Schmitz and Makayla Joyner, great-grandchildren Aaliyah Fierro and numerous nieces and nephews.

Celebration of Lee's life will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 15, 2023, at the Hitchrail Bar and Lounge in Pringle, SD.

Arrangements have been placed under the local care of Chamberlain McColley's Funeral in Custer, SD.