After retiring from hockey in 1939, Evans moved into the car business, and joined the Ford Motor Company as a labour relations manager.
At the height of his career in the car industry his company was among the nation's top 100 in sales and customer satisfaction.
In 1993 Evans sold his remaining dealerships to his eldest grandson John, but continued on as chairman of the board until his death in 1996.
Thomas Galway Evans was the patriarch of the family that left Ireland and made it to North America where he died October 27, 1898, in Nepean, Ontario.
Evans died on June 2, 1996, in Atlantis, Palm Beach County, Florida.