Jean Altobello
1936 -2025
Celebration of Life
12/19/2025
12:00 pm
Officiant: Reverend Joy Matos
First Church in Pembroke
105 Center Street
Pembroke, MA 02359
Church Office 781-293-2584
Prelude: (Contemplative Music)
Gathering and Welcome: Pastor
Opening Hymn: #248 (Red Hymnal)
The King of Love My Shepherd
Opening Prayer: Pastor
Scripture Readings: Pastor
Old Testament: Responsive – Psalm 23
Leader: The Lord is my shepherd I shall not be in want.
People: He makes me lie down in green pastures.
Leader: He leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.
People: He guides me in paths of rghteousness for his name s sake.
Leader: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
People: I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Leader: You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
People: You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
All: Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
New Testament: John 11:25-27
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" "Yes, Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.
Eulogy and Remembrances
Family and Friends
Sermon:
Pastor Joy Matos
Hymn: B#506 What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Pastoral Prayer:
The Lord s Prayer: (All, in unison)
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Commendation and Farewell: Pastor Joy Matos
Closing Hymn: B#547 Amazing Grace
Benediction: Pastor Joy Matos
Postlude/Post Service Music
Jean F. Altobello
Jean F. Altobello, 89, of Pembroke, devoted wife, loving mother, and passionate animal lover, passed away on December 6th, 2025.
Jean, born in Needham, MA, in 1936 to the late Carlton B. Kimball and Gertrude E. Kimball (nee Morton), was a loving sister to the late Paul F. Kimball. She graduated from Needham High School in 1954 and received a BA at Northeastern University in 1965.
Jean married her late husband, Harold E. Altobello Sr., in 1965. She was a waitress and a bookkeeper, and she also worked as a substitute teacher. Jean was active at the First Church in Pembroke and helped out as a Sunday school teacher for several years. Later in life, Jean volunteered to help elderly church members with their bills and at the First Church Thrift shop. She was also a den mother for the Cub Scouts.
Jean was a loving, caring wife and nurturing mother who was a very positive, outgoing person who made friends easily and loved to laugh, which was necessary to deal with her boys ! She loved animals and always had a dog, enjoyed walking, running, and staying physically fit. She also enjoyed spending time with her family, working in the yard, going to the beach, researching family genealogy, and listening to music.
Jean is survived by her sons, Harold E. Altobello Jr. and his wife Erin (Reading, MA), and Dana M. Altobello and his wife Rachel (Marshfield, MA), and by her grandchildren, Samantha Altobello, Gregory Altobello and his wife Rebecca, Arianna Altobello, and Caden Altobello.
Visitation at Sullivan Funeral Home, 551 Washington St. Rte. 53, Hanover, on Friday, December 19th from 10-11 am, followed by a funeral service at First Church in Pembroke, 105 Center St, Pembroke, 11:30 am. Burial at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at 1:45 pm