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                                  EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

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                               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  
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John S. Kreighbaum                                      Theodore S. Altfeld

/s/Robert T. Bowman                                     /s/Robert S. Cook                          
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Robert T. Bowman                                        Robert S. Cook

/s/Garis F. Distelhorst                                 /s/Michael B. Duffin                      
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Garis F. Distelhorst                                    Michael B. Duffin

/s/Richard J. Stewart                                                                      
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Richard J. Stewart                                      James N. Johnson

/s/Richard A. Van Auken                                 /s/Thomas E. Haywood                   
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Richard A. Van Auken                                    Thomas E. Haywood

/s/Larry D. Jones                                       /s/Maureen M. Cromling                 
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Larry D. Jones                                          Maureen M. Cromling          

/s/Anthony E. Szambecki          
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Anthony E. Szambecki