Thomas Lloyd Mainwaring

August 25, 1928 - December 18, 2020

Obituary - Thomas Lloyd Mainwaring - August 25, 1928 – December 18, 2020 Thomas (Tom) Lloyd Mainwaring, age 92, entered into eternal rest, on December 18, 2020 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Thomas was energetic, organized and made many life-long friends wherever he went. He was a very good, older brother to his younger sister Mary. They stayed close, visiting often throughout their lives. Tom was an avid golfer and loved to travel. He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and loved ones. Tom was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He played catcher for a youth baseball team while on summer break from high school. He acted in his high school senior play and graduated high school in 1946. He attended Albion College in Michigan and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. During the summer of 1949, he delivered ice. Tom graduated from Albion in 1950 with a degree in Business Administration. Tom entered service in the US Army in 1950. He was shipped to Korea from San Francisco with long-time friend Bill Osterlund. He left the service in 1953 after the Korean War ended. After the war, he obtained an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. He then joined Peat Marwick & Mitchell, one of the Big 8 Accounting firms. During this time, he gained experience working in the motor carrier industry. He also passed the Ohio CPA Exam in 1961. Tom spent over 32 years as a Trucking Executive. He served as Executive Vice President of Associated Transport in New York. In 1972, he joined Ryder Truck Lines in Jacksonville Florida as Executive Vice President, eventually becoming President & Chief Executive Officer of Ryder in 1981. Tom served as President of the Florida Trucking Association and President of the American Trucking Association Foundation. In later years, he served as a Consultant to Motor Carriers and also the American Trucking Association. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives and spent 14 years providing financial consulting service to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2002, he joined the Aichi USA 2005 organization as a board member and Treasurer. This organization operated the U.S. Pavilion at the World Expo in Aichi Japan in 2005. In 1978, Tom was awarded the Williamson Award by the Rotary Club of Jacksonville for planning the JAX Port 1978 event. In 1984, he was honored by the Sales and Marketing Group in Jacksonville as the Marketing Executive of the Year. Tom served on the Board of Trustees of Albion College and on the Executive Committee of the United Way of Jacksonville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hugh Trevor and Mary Beatrice Ottoman Mainwaring, and his wife Gladys Mainwaring. He is survived by his sister, Mary Bea Mainwaring, and his five children from a prior marriage; Sons Kevin Mainwaring, James Mainwaring, Scott Mainwaring and his wife Lory, Bruce Mainwaring and his wife Aimee, and daughter Eileen Odom and her husband Burton, and by his twelve grandchildren Sean, Meghan, Ryan, Caitlin, Nicole, Kyle, Jared, Amanda, Sarah, Lydia, Haley, and Sam and his five great grandchildren Ella, Owen, Xander, Landon, and Rowan. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at 8 W Notre Dame St, Glens Falls, NY 12801 with 25 person maximum capacity. Masks and social distancing required. The service will be broadcast Live-Stream on YouTube. Just search for the channel FPCGF Church. There is also a link on the church’s website at fpcgf.org. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to either Alzheimer's Association, and American Cancer Society or UF Shands Cancer Center Arrangements are in the care of Regan Denny Stafford Funeral Home, 53 Quaker Rd. Queensbury.