James William Moore

James W. Moore Age 63, of South Lyon passed away December 1, 2012. He was born November 12, 1949 in Watertown, New York, son of Arthur and Jeanne (Keib) Moore. He was married to Carol for over 38 years. Jim was Vice President of Solutions and Execution Standards for Ryder's Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) business segment. He was responsible for overseeing Ryder's Supply Chain Excellence organization. Jim had more than 45 years of industry experience, including executive positions at the Marshall Moore Group, Accenture, US Freightways and Leaseway transportation. Over his career he traveled extensively in Asia, Europe and North America. Mr. Moore earned his Master of Science degree in Applied Math from the University of Akron, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Syracuse University. He holds a U.S. patent for trailer design and was co-inventor of Ryder's Logistics Release process and technology. He was a frequent speaker on supply chain and was a member of CLM and CSCMP since 1985. He wrote "The Internet Weather", published by John Wiley, 2002. Jim had encyclopedic knowledge; he was his sons Google before Google was invented. He was a classical pianist and an avid reader; and also enjoyed playing bridge. He was a loving, devoted, considerate, and generous husband and father. He is survived by his wife Carol; his sons, Gregory Moore of Farmington, Matthew (fiancé Clare O'Conner) Moore of Wisconsin, and Sean (Amalia) Moore of Wisconsin; and his siblings, Lloyd (Jane) Liscum of New York, Dr. Michele (Marcus Christian) Hansen of New Hampshire, Arthur (Sue) Moore of Florida, and Marilyn (Steven Bayne) Moore of New York. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Maureen Downing. Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 5 from 3-6pm with a funeral service beginning at 6pm at Casterline Funeral Home 59255 Ten Mile Road, South Lyon. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, December 8 at 11am at Hillcrest Cemetery in Heuvelton, New York, please contact Fox-Murray Funeral Home at 315.393.4870 for further information regarding the services in New York. In lieu of flowers, donations to research on HLH can be made to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and direct your donation toward the Immune Deficiency and Histiocytosis program www.cincinnatichildrens.org/giving/donate-now/ Cincinnati Children's is the leader in HLH research.