Angela Marie Leikam

Angela Marie Leikam, of Plainville, passed away on February 14, 2025, at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 66.

She was born on December 16, 1958, to Edward T. and Josephine T. (Tuzicka) Pozalek in LaCrosse. She married Joseph Leikam on October 13, 1990, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Hays.

Angela grew up in Timken, Kansas, and graduated from Otis-Bison High School in 1977. She spent much of her life working as a certified medication aide at Rush County Nursing Home and serving as a nurse aide at both Hadley Hospital and Hays Medical Center. Angela was worked in home health in Rooks County and delivering meals for Meals on Wheels. For 20 years, she served the crosswalk guard for Plainville Public Schools.

She is survived by her husband, Joe Leikam of Plainville; two sons, Taylor Leikam of Plainville and Travis (Tiana) Leikam of Manhattan; sisters, Margaret Pozalek of LaCrosse, and Rita Holmes of Centennial, Colo.; grandson, Ben Leikam of Manhattan; and three nieces and two nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, James Pozalek.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Plainville. Burial followed at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church or School or Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses, and may be sent to the funeral home at 320 SW 2nd, Plainville, KS 67663.