Dawn Cooper Rosso, 72, of Skillman, NJ, died peacefully at Princeton Hospital surrounded by her loving family after a short illness.
Born October 12, 1952 in Schenectady, NY, to the late Rev. Dr. Jack Cooper and his wife Jean, Dawn spent her youth in Belle Mead, NJ. While attending Princeton High School Dawn met her future husband, Mark Rosso. Dawn graduated from Dickinson College in 1974 with a B.A. in English and from Rider University in 1978 with a master’s degree in business administration. Dawn pursued a career in marketing in the telecommunications industry for 30 years, retiring as Sr. Vice President of InterSearch Marketing Research Corp in 2008.
Dawn valued time with family, regularly visiting her parents in Pennington, NJ, and siblings in upstate NY, Virginia, and Texas. She enjoyed activities with her many friends and kept in close contact with her extended family of Coopers, Ritchies, and Rossos.
A great lover of the arts, especially live theatre, Dawn spent many weekends in New York city enjoying every cultural adventure time would allow. She was also an avid traveler, having visited all seven continents which included a very eventful boat ride in Antarctica with Mark.
After retirement Dawn kept busy not only with the arts and travel, but also with classes in music and languages as well as volunteering with the Dickinson Admissions Volunteer Society and Princeton University Art Museum.
Dawn is survived by her beloved husband of 50 years Mark Rosso, her sisters Deborah Kruesi and Ruth Sawin, her brother John Cooper, nieces Larissa Kruesi and Elizabeth Sawin, and nephew Austin Kruesi.
Memorial contributions to S.A.V.E. Princeton are appreciated.
A memorial service celebrating Dawn’s life will be held at the convenience of the family.