Harvey Elvin Moore, 89, died Aug. 4, 2012.
Harvey will be remembered as the architect of a new and successful athletics program in Jefferson County High Schools, where he coached in the 1960s.
Harvey Elvin Moore was born on Jan. 24, 1923, in Leapwood, Tenn., the son of the late James and Jessie Horton Moore.
He was married to Dorothy Ellen Corcoran on Aug. 19, 1947. Dorothy resides in Homer, Alaska. They had three children.
As a World War II Veteran, Harvey served in the Army’s 83rd infantry division and was in the third wave, at Omaha Beach. He fought many battles including Belgium’s Battle of the Bulge, and participated in the liberation of Langenstein, a subdivision of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany.
Harvey achieved many awards as a high school basketball player in Tennessee and as a coach later in Colorado. While attending Regis College, Colo., in 1949, he was awarded small college all-American, achieved two state AAA championships as a coach at Wheatridge, and was honored as coach of the year several times. He earned his nickname Harv the “Hook” Moore with his impressive left-handed hook shot. Harvey also worked summers as auditor for the Colorado Racing Commission at several racetracks around the state. After retirement he moved to Maxwell, where he enjoyed gardening and playing hearts with his grandchildren.
Harvey is survived by his wife Dorothy Ellen, of Homer, Alaska; a daughter, Kathleen Sue (Edward) Taylor Perez, of North Platte; a son, Timothy Joseph (Margaret) Moore, of Homer, Alaska; as well as seven grandchildren, Heather (Philip) Horn, Meghan (Justin) Amy, Sean Taylor, Kimberly Bowser, Hillary Moore Seger, Kristen Edwards, Brian Duncan; and 12 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Harvey E. Moore Jr.; four sisters, and two brothers.
Services are pending.