1 EXHIBIT 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY 2 POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned directors and officers of CoBancorp Inc. hereby authorize and appoint John S. Kreighbaum, President and CEO and Francis X. Grady, Esq. as our agent, and each of them, each with full power to act without the other, as attorney-in-fact, with full power to act for us and all of us, for the purpose of subscribing our names to the Form S-3 Registration Statement, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for the purpose of making any changes or amendments necessary or desirable to such documents and to any documents ancillary thereto, with the same powers and to the same effect as we may do if personally present, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them: Dated this 19th day of May, 1994. /s/John S. Kreighbaum /s/Theodore S. Altfeld - - ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- John S. Kreighbaum Theodore S. Altfeld /s/Robert T. Bowman /s/Robert S. Cook - - ------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Robert T. Bowman Robert S. Cook /s/Garis F. Distelhorst /s/Michael B. Duffin - - --------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Garis F. Distelhorst Michael B. Duffin /s/Richard J. Stewart - - --------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Richard J. Stewart James N. Johnson /s/Richard A. Van Auken /s/Thomas E. Haywood - - ----------------------------- ------------------------------------ Richard A. Van Auken Thomas E. Haywood /s/Larry D. Jones /s/Maureen M. Cromling - - --------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Larry D. Jones Maureen M. Cromling /s/Anthony E. Szambecki - - ------------------------------ Anthony E. Szambecki