Thomas Joseph "TJ" Cotrone
Nov 21,1977 - Jul 15, 2014
Posted by Janet Laubhan Flickinger

http://www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/

Thomas Joseph “T.J.” Cotrone, 36, of Norman passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014.  He was born November 21, 1977 in Queens, New York to Thomas Joseph, Cotrone, Sr. and Deborah Lynn Carlisle.

T.J., a Norman High School graduate, received an Associate Degree in Law Enforcement before becoming a Norman Police Officer and continued on with Walen Company as a security officer.  T.J. enjoyed spending his time with family and friends tubing with his boat or shooting guns. He learned how to make furniture and was constantly busy making his next masterpiece.  T.J., also loved staying fit, body building and playing sports, especially softball.  Most of all, T.J. enjoyed coaching his son’s baseball teams and was dedicated to being a father.  He will be remembered by his family for his dry sense of humor and how he enjoyed playing practical jokes.  T.J. was a dedicated friend and considered his friends, family. 
 
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Shorty Carlisle and Dorothy and Bill Wilson. 

T.J. is survived by his father, Tom Cotrone, Sr. and mother, Deborah Carlisle; his son, Tyler Cotrone; two brothers, Joe Cotrone and Kevin Cotrone; grandfather, Pete Carlisle; three aunts, Janice Lowe and her husband Jim of NY, Angela Macri and her husband Phil of NY, and Gayle Owens and her husband Erick of TX; and many cousins and many, many friends.

Visitation for T.J. will be from 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Havenbrook Funeral Home, 3401 Havenbrook Street in Norman with the family present to receive friends from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.  

A celebration of life service for T.J. will begin at 10:00 a.m.., Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel with inurnment following at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Norman.