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More than 1,000 members of the community attended the funeral service Friday for longtime Santa Clarita Valley resident and outreach executive Dana Lynn Cop.

SCV Residents Attend Funeral Service For AT&T Director

More than 1,000 members of the community attended the funeral service Friday for longtime Santa Clarita Valley resident and outreach executive Dana Lynn Cop.


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Cop died Sunday, April 12, of breast cancer. She was 43.

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.

“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.

Her funeral service was held at The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints in Valencia.

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.”

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“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…”

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SCV Residents Attend Funeral Service For AT&T Director

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About Kimberly Beers

Kimberly Beers is a Santa Clarita native. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from California State University, Northridge in 2013. While attending the university, she focused her attention on news writing and worked as a primary news writer for the campus' award winning radio station and televised news program. She began writing news stories for KHTS in 2014 and hopes to have a lifetime career dedicated to writing and sharing the news