DUSTIN PAUL KING, 37 OF BOSTON, FORMERLY OF GREENFIELD, PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY ON MONDAY, JULY 15, 2024.
DUSTIN ENJOYED LISTENING TO MUSIC AND KNEW EVERY LYRIC OF MOST SONGS. HE ALSO ENJOYED ATTENDING CONCERTS. HE LOVED HIS "DANCE PARTIES" AND OFTEN WOULD INVITE OTHERS TO JOIN HIM. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS SNEAKER COLLECTION THAT CONSISTED OF HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF NIKE AIR FORCE ONES. HE ENJOYED WORKING ON CARS AND WAS A GRADUATE OF PORTER AND CHESTER.
HE ENJOYED COOKING AND WORKED IN THE CULINARY FIELD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MOST RECENTLY DUSTIN GRADUATED FROM THE CARPENTRY PROGRAM AT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. AFTER THAT GRADUATION, HE DISCOVERED A NEW FOUND PASSION IN BUILDING AND REMODELING INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF HOMES.
DUSTIN LOVED SHARING HIS FAVORITE HOLIDAY, THANKSGIVING, WITH HIS FAMILY. A FAVORITE HOBBY OF HIS WAS SKATE BOARDING. HIS FAVORITE SPORT WAS HOCKEY. HE WAS A HUGE BRUIN AND KINGS FAN. HE LOVED BANANA BREAD RATHER THAN BIRTHDAY CAKE.
DUSTIN WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE YOU WOULD HAVE EVER MET AND ALWAYS HAD A WAY OF BEING GOOFY AND MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH. DUSTIN VOLUNTEERED WITH THE MASS HOMELESS COALITION IN SUPPORTING THE FIGHT TO END HOMELESSNESS.
DUSTIN WAS THE GRANDSON OF THE LATE JUSTINE KING. DUSTIN LEAVES BEHIND HIS LOVING WIFE ALLYSON (FANNON) KING OF BOSTON, HIS MOTHER KATHLEEN KING OF GREENFIELD, HIS SISTERS KATIE, BRANDY AND CRYSTAL KING, ALL OF GREENFIELD, HIS SON KAIDEN, HIS DAUGHTERS ALEXYS AND KENDALL KING, AND HIS NEPHEW BENTLEY KING AND HIS NIECE ISABELLA KING. HE WAS THE STEPFATHER OF ANTHONY AND JUSTIN FANNON AND KELSEY CAZEAU, ALL OF BOSTON. DUSTIN ALSO LEAVES MANY AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO TREASURE HIS MEMORY. HE WAS ALSO A FATHER FIGURE TO KIDS GROWING UP IN HIS CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD OF LYDEN WOOD, KNOWN AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNCLE.
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND DUSTIN'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE MEMORIAL SERVICE ON SATURDAY, JULY 27 FROM 2:00 - 4:00 PM AT THE CASPER FUNERAL HOME, 187 DORCHESTER STREET, SOUTH BOSTON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A CONTRIBUTION IN DUSTIN'S MEMORY TO: THE GAVIN FOUNDATION, P.O. BOX E15, SOUTH BOSTON, MA 02127 OR ONLINE AT: GAVINFOUNDATION.ORG/DONATE.