Walter James Moore, 67 of Terre Haute, passed away at 11:19 AM on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 in Terre Regional Hospital. He was born in San Francisco, CA on March 6, 1947 to Walter J. Moore, Sr. and Ruth Broitzmann Moore. Walter obtained his Bachelor's degree from Murray State University and served as the basketball manager for the Men's team from 1965-1969, and his Master's degree from Indiana State University. He retired from Sisters of Providence Food Services where he was a dedicated and well respected employee. Walter was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Champaign, IL, and although he hadn't transferred his church membership to a local church, there were three churches that were very important to Walter. He had been a regular visitor at Central Christian Disciples of Christ church for many years and when his health allowed he would alternate attending church at Central and also the Village Catholic Church. Walter also had a great love for the main campus church at St. Mary-of-the-Woods. He was greatly loved and cared about by all three of the churches and was also highly thought of by all the sisters at St. Mary's. He never missed attending a funeral when one of them passed. He was always invited to share meals with his former co-workers and the Sisters at St. Mary's for every holiday, and loved living at Maryvale Apartments where he was close to the campus church. During his declining health Walter just loved for people to drive him past all three of these churches. He said it raised his spirit and gave him hope just to drive by them even if he wasn't able to attend. Through his declining health Walter's faith remained strong and he never gave up hope that he would win the battle against all the medical issues he faced. He was an avid sports fan, specifically college football and basketball, but especially followed Murray State University and Purdue. He had a true love for railroads and knew all the guys at the local CSX rail yard and even those as far away as Evansville and loved to go visit them. He also had a great love for Fuqua Elementary their Principal Mary Beth Harris and all her staff. He was a frequent visitor there and thought so much of the school because it reminded him of the school where his dear friend Nannette had taught in Murray, KY. He was part of the First Financial Bank Family, as he visited many of the branches on a daily basis, and was especially partial to the Main, West Terre Haute, and Meadow's branches. Walter is survived by his sister Peggy Moore Archer, and a host of special friends; Coach Cal Luther (his coach while manager at Murray State), Nannette Kaiser, Coach Matt Painter of Purdue University, Coach Ben Purcell, Frank and Sharon Crist, Tamra Inman, and Larea Presser, Will Hine, Rev. Rebecca Zelensky, and Father Bernard Head. Funeral services will be held in DeBaun Springhill Chapel, 85 E. Springhill Dr., Terre Haute, IN, on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 10:30 AM, with Rev. Rebecca Zelensky officiating. Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery in Rockford, IL at a later date. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, September 19, 2014 from 4:00 – 8:00 PM in DeBaun Springhill Chapel. In keeping with Walter's wishes, memorial contributions can be made to either the Sisters of Providence or Central Christian Church, in his memory.