Roy Canapp, 70, veteran, bakery deliveryman

Roy Canapp, a longtime bakery deliveryman whose routes took him to the grocery stores of Essex and Middle River for 39 years, died Thursday of complications from cancer at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore. He was 70.

Born in Baltimore, Mr. Canapp served in the Army during the Korean War. When he returned home in 1955, he went to work for Koester's Baking Co. as a route salesman and later for Schmidt Baking Co. He was a familiar face in the community as he delivered bread and baked goods to stores throughout eastern Baltimore County.

An Essex resident, Mr. Canapp was an active member of the Protestant Community United Church of Christ as well as the Rosedale Veterans of Foreign Wars. Since retiring in 1994, he liked to travel and particularly enjoyed spending the months of April and October in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Services were held Monday.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Nancy Kurtz; two daughters, Linda Kirstein of Edgewood and Sandra Jean Gary of Pasadena; a brother, Robert Canapp of Abingdon; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.