Howard Muse

Howard Lee Muse was born Jan. 24, 1950, in Colorado Springs, Colo. In his teens Lee left California and moved to Cimarron, N.M., 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, Colo.
In the late 1970s Lee moved to Edgemont, S.D., where he worked for the railroad. He met his wife, Christine Clark in 1985. They got married Dec. 7, 1988, and settled down on a small ranch near Pringle, S.D., 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 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.
Lee passed away Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 at his home surrounded by  those who loved him the most. He was 72.
He was preceded  in death by his father, Robert Lee Knox; mother, Mary Alice Dulmge; brother, George Muse; and 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.
Services will be held in the near future.
Arrangements have been placed under the local care of Chamberlain McColley’s Funeral Home in Custer, S.D.

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