Margarita Sanchez Halikias passed away peacefully at her home in Manhattan on January 29, 2021. She was 85 years old. Margarita was born in Barcelona, Spain on January 11, 1936. She spent her childhood in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. She attended Sacred Heart School in Barcelona before going abroad to study at Sorbonne University in Paris and the London School of Economics.
As a university student in Paris, Margarita’s life changed by a chance sighting at a cafe. Tom Halikias, an officer working at the American Hospital of Paris, saw Margarita sitting with classmates at a cafe as he walked by. Tom immediately asked the maitre d’ to introduce him which the maitre d’ agreed to do in exchange for American cigarettes. Tom returned with the carton of cigarettes from the PX. On April 1, 1959, Tom was introduced to Margarita and they were married four months later on August 14, 1959. They had their daughter Katherine in Paris in 1961 and then in 1963 moved to Garden City, New York where their family grew to include Thomas and Jason. In 2007, Tom and Margarita retired to Manhattan.
Margarita was an active tennis player at the Garden City Casino and Cherry Valley Country Club and was a Silver Life Master Bridge Player. She was also a Nassau County Supreme Court Interpreter for Spanish and French. If you were a friend of Margarita's, she considered you family and you knew the mischievous twinkle in her bright beautiful eyes.
Margarita is survived by her three children and their families, which include ten grandchildren. Katherine and David Montgomery, MD and their children Margarita (Nina), Caroline (Cece), William, Sophie and Thomas. Jessica and Thomas Halikias and their children Charlie Ann and Hudson Rose. Lisa and Jason Halikias and their children Jason, John and James. Margarita is predeceased by her late husband of 50 years Thomas D. Halikias, DDS, her mother Generosa Sanchez-Pueyo, her father Leon Sanchez, her brother Ricardo Sanchez and her twin sisters who passed before her birth, Rosa and Isabella Sanchez-Pueyo.
A family graveside service was held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in New York on Saturday, February 6, 2021. Margarita is alongside her husband. Arrangements were handled by Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel of Manhattan.
A future gathering will be arranged when appropriate. Donations in Margarita’s name may be made to the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute of New York City or a charity of your desire, thank you.
We hope that you enjoy the photos of Margarita that we shared below.
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