ANGELIKA C. KANGAS

1941 - 2025

KANGAS, Angelika C. (Reckzeh) Age 83, died of complications from a gym fall, on October 12, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is survived by her husband, George M. Kangas, of Pompano Beach, Florida; her stepdaughter, Jill Herman, of Bloomfield, New Jersey; and her brother, Steven Herman. She was preceded in death by Samuel Herman, of New York; her parents, Ralf and Lucia Reckzeh; and her biological father, Alard Spoot, of Baden-Baden, Germany.  Angelika C. Reckzeh was born December 2, 1941, in Baden-Baden, Germany, to parents, Ralf Reckzeh and Lucia Werk. She graduated from Mimico High School in Canada in 1960. In 1962, she moved to New York and accepted a position at Gardner Newman at Aquascutum, where she worked for more than 20 years. She was a model with the Eileen Ford Modeling Agency and worked for TJ Maxx for 15 years.  In 2007, she married George Kangas and partnered with her husband in the Arlington Hockey Club. Angelika was a social, active woman who was deeply involved in fashion industry for the majority of her life. She enjoyed fashion and fitness and that is how her friends and family will remember her.

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