Thomas Joseph Flanagan, age 92, of Newtown, and formerly a longtime resident of Bellmore, New York, passed away on March 25, 2024 after a brief illness.

Thomas (Tom) was born on February 2, 1932, in New York, New York, to Thomas Flanagan and Anna Smythe Flanagan. He graduated from St John’s University, St John’s Law School, and earned an LLM from New York University.

In 1958 he married Theresa Casey, an executive assistant at Exxon. The couple settled on Long Island, where they raised their five children. Tom retired as Director of the Legal Bureau of the New York City Police Department in 1994. For the next 15 years, he taught courses at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, including constitutional law.

He and Terry traveled and spent the winter months with friends in Marco Island. Besides his family and friends, Tom loved exercise, theater, reading, and more than anything else: the New York Yankees.

He is survived by his beloved five children, Nancy (Tim), Tom (Marion), Susan (Anastasia), Moira (Greg), and John (Lily), as well as his cherished seven granddaughters, Caroline, Claire, Fiona, Lily, Madeleine, Annabelle, and Rebecca and many nieces and nephews.

His adored wife, Theresa, predeceased him as did his beloved sisters, Anne Marie McGrath and Katherine Fifinski.

There will be a funeral Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, April 2, at 10 am, at St Mary’s R.C. Church, 26 Dodgingtown Road in Bethel. The burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St Francis Breadline, West 31st St, New York City.