Benefit fund created for Coach Moore

Family and friends will celebrate the life of Alex Moore at a memorial service Tuesday, May 15, at 4 p.m. at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Road in Santa Barbara. A reception at the church will follow the service.

Moore, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Westmont and husband of women’s basketball coach Kirsten Moore, died May 9 from complications following surgery for Crohn’s disease. He was 31.

A fund has been established to support Kirsten and their first child, due in July. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the benefit fund by mailing a check to: Kirsten Moore Benefit, Attn: Brennan de Raad, 2927 De la Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

A Facebook page provides a place for loved ones of Alex Moore to come to celebrate his life, share stories/photographs, post messages to family and grieve together.