Obituary of Thomas C. Whiting

Thomas Carl Whiting, a resident of Wappingers Falls, entered into rest Saturday, November 9, 2024 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. He was 62.

Son of Margaret Melinsky Whiting and the late Walter F. Whiting, he was born July 16, 1962 in Mount Vernon.  On September 10, 1989 at United Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon, he married the former Mona McKee. Mrs. Whiting survives at home in Wappingers Falls.

Tom retired as a detective with the Westchester County Department of Public Safety. While working, he was a member of the Westchester County PBA. Tom was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fishkill.  Tom treasured times spent in Cape Cod where the family has a home and spent summer vacations.

In addition to his mother and wife, Tom is survived by his sons, Thomas J. Whiting and Christopher C. Whiting; his brothers, Robert and wife, Carolyn Whiting and James and wife, Italia Whiting; his sister-in-law, Mary McKee; brother-in-law, Terrence McKee; his niece, Annemarie Folken and nephew, Matthew Whiting.

He was predeceased by his mother and father-in-law, James and Helga Broddeck McKee.

Family and friends will gather on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Straub, Catalano & Halvey Funeral Home, 55 East Main Street in Wappingers Falls.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 14 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1400 Route 52 in Fishkill.

Memorial donations in Tom’s name may be made to Mount Sinai Health System, Multiple Myeloma Program, PO Box 1049, New York, NY 10029 or Tunnel to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306.

To send the family a personal condolence, please visit our website at www.StraubCatalanoHalvey.com.