10/25/24
Captain John Mark Moore, age 80, of Center, Texas, died on Sunday, October 6, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. John was born December 17, 1943 in Center, Texas, to Floyd Moore and Helen Fay Smith Moore. He was the second of seven children.
John graduated from Center High School in 1962 as class president and football team captain. John earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1966 and a Master’s degree in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1968. He was a member of five national honor societies of engineering and mathematics. His name is honored in the new Texas A&M Engineering building lobby, and he is certified as a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. John joined the Apollo Mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1968, providing technical support for in-flight communications. He subsequently was elected as a Commissioned Officer for the United States Public Health Service in 1970. He worked with the Atomic Energy Commission nuclear weapons testing program, the Environmental Protection Agency Superfund waste cleanup program, and the Environmental Protection Agency ecological monitoring program.
During his career, he directed programs with the U.S. Department of Energy, the State of Nevada, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Clark County, Nevada. He concluded his 30-year career as Director of one of four EPA National Environmental Research Laboratories. John received the U.S. Public Health Service Outstanding Service Medal and the EPA Silver Medal Award and retired with the rank of Navy Public Service Captain (0-6).
John married Nancy Norris on December 27, 1968 in Shenandoah, Iowa. His children, Lisa Catherine Moore, and Richard Andrew Moore, were born in 1972 and 1975. John married Kerry Catlett, mother of Tammy Ann Daileda Lewis and Amy Lara Daileda, on May 1, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada. John was an active member of the St. Viator Catholic Community for fifty-four years. He served as a Lector, as a Eucharistic Minister, as a Pastor Care Minister for the Sick, and as President-elect of the St. Viator Church Parish Council. He was a well-respected leader in the St. Viator Catholic Community and served as a mentor to church volunteers.
John committed forty-five years to running. He completed ten marathons, including the Boston Marathon, multiple half marathons, and ran greater than sixty thousand miles. He earned 12 gold, 11 silver, and 7 bronze medals with the EPA Corporate Challenge in Las Vegas. He played doubles tennis and enjoyed watching national and college football and tennis. John was active with his fellow laboratory colleagues. He planned and organized team events, including the EPA Corporate Challenge in Las Vegas for eight years. His EPA marathon relay team went on to the Las Vegas Track Club Marathon relay competition. He enjoyed genealogy as a hobby.
In 2022, John was elected into the Center High School Hall of Honor.
John will be deeply missed by his wife, Kerry Catlett Moore
Children:
Dr. Lisa Moore (Tom)
Richard Moore
Tammy Lewis (Craig)
Amy Daileda (Mario)
Grandchildren:
Abigail Brown
Madeline Brown
Brother, Paul Moore (Jackie)
Sisters:
Mary Catherine Mimsy Spells
Patty Livingston (Jimmy)
Nancy Norris Devonshire.
John was preceded in death by his father, Floyd Moore; his mother, Helen Fay Smith Moore; his brothers, Steve Moore, Joey Moore, and Jeff Moore.
Funeral Mass will be at St. Viator Catholic Church, 2461 E. Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89121 on Monday, November 4, 2024, at 11AM with a rosary at 10AM with Father Rinn officiating. Burial will be at the Southern Nevada Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, with military honors. Arrangements under the direction of Palm Eastern Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89123. Online tributes may be made at www.palmeastern.com.
The family requests for memorial contributions to be made to Catholic Charities or for memorial donations to be send to the Texas A&M Foundation, 401 George Bush Dr, College Station, TX 77840. Please designate gifts “In memory of Captain John M. Moore ‘66’” in the memo line of the check. Gifts will be directed to the Helen Fay Smith Moore Memorial Scholarship account, established by John in memory of his mother.
