Leila June "Lee" Pfeiffer (née Young), 82, of Rapid City, died Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.

She was born on June 28, 1936, in Pierre, to Lloyd and Thelma (née Akerman) Young.

She married Martin John Pfeiffer on September 18, 1955, in Pierre.

Lee began her career, which always focused on helping others, especially children, in 1964 as assistant director of the SD Association for Retarded Children, where she worked until 1972.

She graduated from Augustana College with honors in 1973 and received her master's degree in psychology from the University of South Dakota in 1976.

In Rapid City she worked as a licensed child psychologist in various capacities, opening her own practice, Child Psychology Services, in 1993. She retired from private practice in 2006.

Music was a major part of Lee's life; she sang for many years with the Sioux Falls Singing Legionnaire's Auxiliary and then the Dakota Choral Union, in Rapid City, serving as recording secretary.

She had a love for beautiful things in general, but particularly the landscape of South Dakota, where she spent many hours hunting for beautiful rocks and photographic vistas. She was a collector of pottery and seashells, a gardener, and a lover of animals, in particular, her most recent four-pawed sweetheart, "Whiskers".

Lee is survived by her children and their families: Kevin (Isabel Wünsche) and grandson Karl, in Berlin, Germany; Steve (Gina) and grandchildren Madeline and Alex, Sioux Falls; and Lee Ellen Seeba (Gary) and granddaughters Haley and Rachel, Sioux Falls; as well as four surviving nieces: Deb, Karen, Connie and Carol, and one nephew, Cliff.

Reduced mobility in her later years made her greatly dependent on the care and support of many friends, neighbors and caretakers, for which her family is most grateful.

Lee was preceded in death by her husband, Martin, in 2008, and her brother, Durand Young.

A visitation will be offered from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Tuesday, April 9, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am, Wednesday, April 10, at Zion Lutheran Church in Rapid City. Interment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to Zion Lutheran Church or the Dakota Choral Union.

Friends may sign her online guest register at www.osheimschmidt.com.