TYRONE BUTLER, 58 

 Former deputy commissioner, archivist, consultant

Tyrone G. Butler, 58, of St. George, the Staten Island Democratic Party's two-time candidate for U.S. Congress in the 1990s, died on Sept. 11 in St. Vincent's Hospital, West Brighton, from complications due to stroke.

Mr. Butler was born in Moorehead, Ky., and grew up in Milford, Ohio. He moved to the Island in 1979 and was a longtime Stapleton resident before moving to St. George.

Mr. Butler ran unsuccessfully against Rep. Susan Molinari (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) for the 13th Congress- ional District seat in 1994 and 1996, and later advised congressional candidates Katina Johnstone and Arne Mattsson. He also worked on numerous other borough political campaigns.

Mr. Butler was president of the Staten Island Democratic Association and was a board member of the group for many years, serving as social secretary at the time of his death.

Mr. Butler was a member of the borough Democratic County Committee, and belonged to the New York State Democratic Committee for a number of years.

Tyrone was the conscience of the Democratic Party, said Assemblyman John Lavelle (D-North Shore), the borough party chairman. He always reminded us about what was right about being a Democrat. He carried the Democratic Party banner well.

Mr. Butler worked for the city Department of Records and Information Services, serving as deputy commissioner from 1990 to 1994.

He later founded a consulting firm, TransNational Records and Information Management Services, and was also the archivist for the United Federation of Teachers.

Mr. Butler was president of ARMA International, an association of records and information managers.

Growing up, Mr. Butler attended St. Andrew's Elementary School and McNicholas High School, and received a bachelor's degree in history from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

While in college, Mr. Butler was active in cross-country and track, basketball and tennis.

Mr. Butler earned a master's degree in history from Boston University and pursued doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

While in Nashville, Mr. Butler began his career in archives and records management at The Hermitage, the home of President Andrew Jackson.

Mr. Butler served as president of the Mud Lane Society for the Preservation of Stapleton and as a co-chair of the society's bi-annual Victorian/Halloween House Tour.

Mr. Butler enjoyed ice dancing, and belonged to an ice-dancing club in New Jersey. He was a former Army Reservist.

Mr. Butler is survived by his mother, Mercedes Hance; a half-sister, Patricia Hance, and his former wife, Anne Taylor.