Rev. S. Joseph Geno, 80, Hope, Arkansas, passed away on September 23, 2007 at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Ark. He was born July 28, 1927, in Bridgeton, New Jersey to Dominic and Restituta Rachel Bataglia Geno. He was a retired pastor, music minister and teacher. He attended Central Bible College and then came to Hope to Hope Gospel Tabernacle in 1948 as a single young man. He went back to Springfield, MO. and met Dorothy Bernet and returned to Hope and they lived in a tiny apartment next to the church. He was ordained into the Assemblies of God Ministries in 1950 . He became an associate minister at a church in Marshall, Missouri, where his daughter, Gloria was born. Then as a missionary approved by the A.G. headquarters, during 1952 to 1955, he started a church in both Pompei and Sorento, Italy and became fluent in his mother tongue of Italian. He was a former pastor and minister of music of Southside Assembly of God Church in Hope, Ark.; former radio host for Gospel Request Time on KXAR of Hope; worked for Rev. John Polizzi, 1968-1971: worked for LeSea Ministries, for Lester Summerall in South Bend, Indiana, 1971-1980; taught high school Bible Courses & music lessons, Grand Prairie, TX. Upon his return to Hope, Ark.and his home near Guernsey, Ark., he worked at Harvest Foods, Hope; In 1991, he moved with his wife, Dorothy, to Beloit, WI, to be near his daughter and his grandchildren. After her death, he met and married Carol Yoh on October 21, 1995 and they returned to Hope shortly thereafter where he began again teaching private music lessons, his jail ministries, his Dial-A-Prayer ministries, and became involved in both the Hope and Prescott Assembly of God Churches. He had a great love for gardening and sharing his homegrown melons, corn, cucumbers and tomatoes. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church, Pompei, Italy. He was preceded in death by his parents; by his first wife, Dorothy Bernet Geno, who died in 1995; by one brother, Frank Geno, Sr. and by one sister Anna Geno. His Survivors Include: His Wife; (of 11 Years) Carol Geno, Hope, Ark. One Daughter: Gloria Geno Stout and Robert H. Martin, Beloit, Wisconsin.Two Grandchildren: Sarah Jane Brunson Thomas and Jamie, S. Beloit, Ill. Emily Ann Brunson, Beloit, Wisconsin. Four Great-Grandchildren: Tristan, Shalom, Ian and Vance. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 29 , 2007, at Brazzel/Oakcrest Chapel, Hope, Ark., with Rev. B.J. Smith and Rev. Edwin W. Hancock officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hope, Ark. Arrangements By Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home, Hope, Ark. Family will receive friends: Fri., Sept. 28, 2007, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home, Hope, Ark. Online Guestbook: www.brazzelfuneralhomes.com