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Tim Ryan, Babylon Town Board Press Aide & political spokesman
"He was a really talented man, a good guy and everyone liked him," said Harry Withers, a former Babylon Councilman and now the Republican County leader in Suffolk Ryan, born in Brooklyn, served as an Army combat reporter in Vietnam before becoming a news director of WBAB radio in Babylon. He worked as a press aide for the Babylon Town Board for about ten years during the 1970s, a spokesperson for then-Town Supervisor Allmendinger during the 1980s. He later worked as a spokesman for New York State Senator Dean Skelos (Rby Rockville Centre) in 1988, and for 12 years served as chief spokesman and speech writer for former Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney. He and his wife, Patricia, lived in East Patchogue until his retirement to Florida in 2005. According to his wife, he loved to play golf and was an avid baseball memorabilia collector who was a New York Mets fan. Ralph Scordino, the Mayor of Babylon Village remembers Ryan as a man with a great sense of humor and wit. "He was the jokster," said Scordino in recalling how Ryan would often join him and a group of other locals for a game of golf, often playing practical jokes on them. "One day someone decided it was time for them to return the favor and they let the air out of all four of the tires on his car," said Scordino. "I think he laughed the loudest." Mr. Ryan leaves behind his wife of 35 years, Patricia of Summerfield, Florida; his daughter, Bonnie of Cambridge, Massachusetts; his brothers: James of Brussels, Belgium and Robert and Christopher of New Port Richey, Florida.
He reposed at the Hiers-Baxley Funeral Home in The Villages, Florida on September 12, 2007. A Military Burial took place September 13 at Florida National Cemetery inBushnell, Florida.
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