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Larry D. A memorial service celebrating the life of Larry D. Miller, 59, of Santa Fe, is scheduled at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, La Cienega, N.M., at 3 p.m. October 11. He lost a brief battle with cancer on August 17, 2009. Born in Littlefield, Texas, February 13, 1950, to Thomas H. and Maxine Miller, Larry was a Roswell High School graduate. He held bachelor's and master's degrees in Spanish from the University of New Mexico and was fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese. Larry worked for The Vargas Project at UNM for 17 years and the National Park Service's Spanish Colonial Research Center, for six years, at his death. He was considered an authority on the Spanish Colonial period. He had recently coauthored a book on Martineztown with Joseph P. Sanchez. Larry was also a blacksmith who demonstrated the craft at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas and elsewhere. Larry is survived by his partner, Lolly Martin of Santa Fe; his mother, Maxine Miller of Roswell; his sister, Beth Morgan of Vado, N.M.; an aunt and uncle, and several cousins. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to El Rancho de las Golondrinas or to the American Cancer Society.
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