Pastor Joe went Home to be with the Lord on May 12, 2006.


Rev. Joseph DePasquale, educator, 75, pastor in Livingston 30 years
Friday, May 12, 2006

A service for Reverend Joseph R. DePasquale, 75, of Livingston will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Full Gospel Church, 190 W. Northfield Rd., Livingston. Arrangements are by the Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home of Livingston.

Rev. DePasquale, who died Wednesday in Overlook Hospital, Summit, was a teacher, coach and principal at Harold G. Hoffman High School in South Amboy, where he worked for 30 years.
He was associate pastor for 14 years at Evangel Church in Elizabeth, where he started the Evangel Day School in 1970 as well as the bowling and softball leagues. He was also pastor of the Full Gospel Church for 30 years before retiring earlier this year.

Rev. DePasquale received his bachelors degree from the Central Bible College in Missouri in 1958 and a masters degree in education from New York University in 1959. He served in the Army during the Korean War.

A member of the Livingston Clergy Association, he was president of Teen Challenge New Jersey and the presbyter of the Northwest section of the Assemblies of God for the past 16 years.
Born in Elizabeth, Rev. DePasquale moved to Livingston in 1992.

Surviving are Marlene, his wife of 49 years; a son, Robert; a daughter, Barbara Kuran; sisters, Dorothy Sutera and Marylou Banning, and four grandchildren.