Funeral Details

Cantor Reuben Cooper

June 15, 1926 - April 1, 2025

SERVICE INFORMATION

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


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May Uncle Ruby’s Memory be always a blessing.

Tammy Mormino
April 1, 2025
May his memory be a blessing.

Beth Miller
April 1, 2025
Not only did he guide me through my Bar Mitzvah, affectionately known as "Ruby" was my camp counselor at Sunny Acres. May his memory be for a blessing.

Joe Bulgatz
April 1, 2025
The last of my mom’s brothers and sisters. He was loved dearly by his family and was the most devoted father, brother uncle and grandpa their could be. My mom loved him dearly. His 98 years on earth were a blessing to all who knew him.

Mark and Florrie Magel
April 2, 2025
Ruby sang at our wedding. A wonderful human being. We are sure he will be missed.

Aunt Muriel & Uncle Yossel Stepen
April 2, 2025