David Leslie Delap

Passed away suddenly at Bradford Valley LTC on Tuesday Sept. 17, 2013. Born in Middleton Nova Scotia, Dec. 11, 1934 to Kathleen and Gordon Delap (deceased). On May 18, 1957 he married Joan Cook and in May of 1970 moved his family to Aurora where he and Joan had 43 years of love and happiness. Flying was his passion and while working at Canada Dry in North York he pursued upgrading his Private Pilots license untill he became Chief Flying Instructor at Maple Air Services. He was later hired by Transport Canada as a Civil Aviation Inspector and was well known at many airports, particularly Buttonville. He was a lifetime member of the Harley Owners Group and an avid boater and fisherman. He is survived by his loving wife Joan, daughter Jacqueline KIM Delap and her husband Benjamin Baskin and younger brother Fred Delap. He was pre-deceased by his youngest daughter Kathleen Joan Delap on Oct. 26, 1981. Friends may call at the Thompson Funeral Home 530 Industrial Parkway South, Aurora on Friday from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the chapel on Saturday at 1 p.m. followed by interment at Aurora Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, friends are requested to make charitable donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the Parkinson Society of Canada or the Ontario SPCA.