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A graduate of Hamilton High School (New York) and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music (Ohio), Leni pursued a career in music that led her back to Hamilton High School as a music teacher. She continued to teach in Bergenfield after her marriage to John Pfeiffer in 1982.
Dedicated to and admired by her students, Leni extended her professional career by contributing her skills to orchestras in Cleveland as well as in Syracuse and Utica.
Her annual selection to the Potsdam-Saratoga Chorus was her favorite, joining each year with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra for a weekend of music at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Predeceased by her husband in 2012, Leni is survived by two step-daughters, Lynn Evans and Kim Bambara in New Jersey; two brothers, George (Newark Valley, N.Y.), Dirk (Lancaster, V.A.) and a sister, Anne Marie “Mimi” Mundt Thomas (Woodlawn V.A.). In addition, many nieces and nephews were the recipients of violas, violins and cellos bestowed by a loving and generous aunt.
Services will be private.
Memorial donations can be made to the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
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