Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Medina Hall, Margarita "Mamacita"  October 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Margarita "Mamacita" Medina Hall


Margarita was born in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico to prominent parents, Maria 
and Philippe Medina and her grandparents were from Spain. Margarita was 
educated at Sacred Heart Catholic Convent in Mexico City and she completed her 
education at the age of 16. She was engaged to General Lazaro Cardenas, a much 
older person which is not uncommon in foreign country relationships. Her 
father sent her to Los Angeles, California to stay with her grandmother to 
diffuse the relationship. And, so started a beautifully romantic relationship 
when she met a handsome and dashing young Don Hall, Sr. Neither of them 
speaking each others language, except the language of love, via the Spanish-
American Dictionary. True love won out, after a 4-month relationship, they 
married in Los Angeles in 1929. General Cardenas was elected president of 
Mexico four years later. They lived in Long Beach until 1939 where their 
children, Don and Sonya were born. The family moved to Bakersfield where Don 
became employed in the oil industry. He rose to become sales manager and 
public relations director of McCollough Oil Co. While raising her children, 
her thirst for knowledge continued at Bakersfield College and then Interior 
Decorating at U.C.L.A. Active in the Bakersfield community with the PTA, Red 
Cross, and an usher with the Womens Club of Bakersfield. Margarita was 
selected to represent the Kern County Oil Industry in a State Beauty Contest 
in San Francisco. Known for her natural beauty and fashionable dress, her real 
beauty was from within a warm and fun-filled personality. Margarita was known 
as Mamacita. She was well-known for entertaining with their many friends and 
her delicious Mexican dinners. She enjoyed music, dancing and singing, 
however, her love of family always came first. Mother and Dad spent many 
wonderful years in their second home on the beach in Rosarito Beach, BC, 
Mexico.

She is preceded in death by her husband in 1990 and she is survived by her son 
and his family; Don and Nancy Hall, Jr. and their children, Jon Hall and his 
fiancé, Hedy Bloom, Kathy Hall and her son, Staff Sergeant Sean Hennessy of 
the U.S. Air Force, Victoria Hall Fiore and Joseph Fiore of Dallas, Texas; her 
daughter and her family, Sonya Halbach Leitner and Ted Leitner of Palos 
Verdes, CA and her son, Dr. Van Halbach and wife, Deborah of Mill Valley, CA 
and many grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers are Caesar Allen and Fred 
Strickler; and the Pallbearers will be Van Halbach, M.D., Staff Sergeant Sean 
Hennessy, Robert Self, Joseph Fiore, Jon Hall, Herb Seigers, Jerry King and 
Norman Nixon. She was loved by all that knew her and she will be deeply missed.

Vaya con Dios, Mamacita

The Rosary and a Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at St. Francis of 
Assisi Catholic Church on Friday morning, October 29, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. 
Concelebrating will be Father Craig Harrison (a personal friend of the family) 
and Father Ralph Belluomini (a childhood friend). Entombment services will be 
held at Union Cemetery on Friday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. For additional service 
or floral delivery information, please contact Basham Funeral Care 873-8200.

Basham Funeral Care 


Additional Comments:
Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased.

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