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Longtime Santa Clarita Valley resident and community outreach executive Dana Cop died Sunday of breast cancer. She was 43.

Longtime SCV Resident, AT&T Director Dies Of Cancer

Longtime Santa Clarita Valley resident and community outreach executive Dana Cop died Sunday of breast cancer. She was 43.


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Cop was the director of external affairs for AT&T, and through that position and her longtime involvement in the community, she touched numerous lives, according to friends.

Dana Delmatoff Cop

Dana Delmatoff Cop

“She was the ultimate mother, the ultimate wife, the ultimate friend and the ultimate employee,” said Tami Edwards, a longtime friend of Cop’s. “She never had a bad word to say about anybody, and she was everyone’s cheerleader,” she added, describing her supportive nature.Dana Delmatoff Cop

Cop was “diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer at age 41 with no family history,” according to her blog, “My journey…”

Her first blog post starts in September 2013, discussing her reaction to the diagnosis, and then chronicling her battle for the last two years.

Dana Delmatoff Cop and Edwards were friends at Hart High, where Dana met her “high school sweetheart,” Peter, Edwards said.

Peter was slightly older, and Dana followed him to the University of Utah, where she studied economics and marketing. The two married and had three children, she added.

Her courage in the fight against breast cancer is a model for women everywhere, said Jeri Seratti Goldman, co-owner of KHTS AM-1220, who considered Cop a valued friend, and called her death “a huge loss for the community.”

“It’s so incredibly sad that cancer has taken another life at such a young age,” Seratti Goldman said. “This loss reminds us all of how important it is to support the fight against such a deadly disease.”

Cop was chairman of the Board of Directors for the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce in 2011. While her career led her to become involved in the chamber for numerous cities, her drive and passion for her hometown showed the type of committed and passionate person she was, said Terri Crain, CEO of the SCV Chamber. She also served on the board for the YMCA.

“Dana was an amazing person and an amazing human being,” Crain said. “I don’t know anyone who could say anything negative about her. She certainly had her own drive and commitment and passion for the Santa Clarita Valley.”

At AT&T, she was praised for her high ethical standards and community dedication, said Rich Roche, who worked alongside Cop.

“Dana was a good friend and a great parent,” said Roche, who worked with Cop for about 10 years. “She loved her kids more than anything, and she was a force of nature — when there was something to be done in the community, whether it was for her, her family or for others…”

Information about a memorial service was not available at this time, but will be added to this story as soon as it becomes available.

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Longtime SCV Resident, AT&T Director Dies Of Cancer

3 comments

  1. Such a sad day for SCV

  2. So sorry to hear that. God bless her family.

  3. Loving positive thoughts to the Cop family and friends on their loss. I never had the pleasure of meeting Dana, so it sounds like I missed having another wonderful person in my life!!

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Perry Smith is a print and broadcast journalist who has won several awards for his focused, hyperlocal community coverage in several different regions of the country. In addition to five years of experience covering the Santa Clarita Valley, Smith, a San Fernando Valley native, has worked in newspapers and news websites in Los Angeles, the Northwest, the Central Valley and the South, before coming to KHTS in 2012. To contact Smith, email him at Perry@hometownstation.com.