In addition to his parents, Tom was predeceased by a brother, William J. Waring (Joan); a sister, Barbara A. Waring and an infant niece, Elaine Mary Waring.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Claire Stanford Waring; a son, Thomas E. Waring, Jr. of Ballston Spa (Marylee Fitzgerald); a daughter, Suzanne Waring Daly (Peter) of Marlborough, Massachusetts; a brother, Samuel K. Waring of Pittsfield, Massachusetts; a cousin, John (Jackie) Riordan of Greenfield, six grandchildren, Christopher, Patrick, and Elizabeth Daly of Marlborough, Massachusetts and Michelle, Thomas III, and Madeleine Waring of Ballston Spa; the mother of the Waring grandchildren, Kerri Weiskotten (Kurt) and two nieces and a nephew, Maureen Gizzi, Paulette Spina, and Christopher Waring.