Cantor Reuben Cooper
June 15, 1926 - April 1, 2025
Date and Time
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Service
Chicago Jewish Funerals
Skokie Chapel
8851 Skokie Boulevard
Skokie, Illinois 60077
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Clergy
Rabbi Gershon Schaffel
Interment
Eretz Hachaim
Beth Shemesh, Israel
Shiva
Cooper Residence
8713 North Drake Avenue
Skokie, Illinois 60076
847.679.2891
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Traditional Shiva
Begins Friday, 12Noon
Minyanim times:
Shacharis: 6:20AM
Mincha/Maariv: 7:10PM
Please no visitors between 12PM-1PM, and between 5:30PM-6:30PM.
To help with meals, please contact Wendy Ashman: 847.220.0395.
The service will be live streamed on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12PM Israel Time, 4AM Central Time.
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Memorial Contributions
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School
7787 Gross Point Road
Skokie, Illinois 60077
www.ariecrown.org
or to
Telshe Yeshiva Cleveland
28400 Euclid Avenue
Wickliffe, Ohio 44092
secure.cardknox.com/rabbinicalcollegeoftelshe
OBITUARY
Cantor Reuben “Ruby” Cooper, Loving husband of the late Gertrude "Gerty" Cooper, nee Gassel. Beloved father of Shira Cooper, Ely (Ronna) Cooper, Sima (Yaakov) Pentelnik, Cherished Zeidy of Joshua (Shira) Cooper, Shana (Dan) Keener, Tamara Dobuler, Daniel Cooper, Tzviya (Eliyahu) Green, Bracha (Gavriel) Zell, Yoel (Tzippy) Pentelnik, Nechemya Pentelnik, Shmuel Yosef (Malkie) Pentelnik, Chaim Tzvi (Sarah) Pentelnik, Efraim (Avigail) Pentelnik, Esther Malka Pentelnik, Mordechai Pentelnik, Loved great grandfather. Dear brother of the late Fay Shallot, Edward Cooper, Alice Becker, Lilian Hasan, Benjamin Cooper, Ida Magel, Belle Klein, Edith Marcus, Sam Cooper and Estelle Green. Longtime Cantor of Skokie Valley Traditional Synagogue. Service Tuesday 7:00PM at Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd (at Niles Center Road), Skokie. Interment Eretz Hachaim. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Arie Crown Hebrew Day School, 7787 Gross Point Road, Skokie, Illinois 60077 www.ariecrown.org or to Telshe Yeshiva Cleveland, 28400 Euclid Avenue, Wickliffe, Ohio 44092 secure.cardknox.com/rabbinicalcollegeoftelshe. To attend the funeral livestream, please visit our website. Arrangements by: Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com