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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

    By signing below, I hereby constitute and appoint Jeannine M. Davis, Esq.,
my true and lawful attorney and agent to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments in my name and behalf in my capacities as
director and/or officer of CTS Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the
"Company"), which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable or
which may be required to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations or
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any other appropriate
form) and any abbreviated registration statement relating thereto permitted
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act for the purpose of registering
pursuant to the Securities Act debt and equity securities of the Company having
an aggregate offering price not to exceed $500 million, including specifically,
but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to
sign for me, in my name and behalf in my capacities as director and/or officer
of the Company (individually or on behalf of the Company), such Registration
Statement and any such abbreviated registration statement, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other instruments or documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of
November 3, 1999.

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            /s/ JOSEPH P. WALKER                         /s/ TIMOTHY J. CUNNINGHAM
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              Joseph P. Walker                             Timothy J. Cunningham

           /s/ LAWRENCE J. CIANCIA                          /s/ THOMAS G. CODY
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             Lawrence J. Ciancia                              Thomas G. Cody

         /s/ GERALD H. FRIELING, JR.                      /s/ ROBERT A. PROFUSEK
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           Gerald H. Frieling, Jr.                          Robert A. Profusek

         /s/ RANDALL J. WEISENBURGER
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           Randall J. Weisenburger
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