Mahlon "Dusty" D. Corson Jr

He was born May 22, 1944 in Concord NH and an immediate health crisis was discovered and he was rushed to Boston Children’s Hospital where he would spend the first three years of his life and where he received the nickname “Dusty” from the nurses that loved him, a name he would be known as for the rest of his life. He was the first baby in the US to survive being born without an esophagus, a feat that earned him a spot in many news articles as well as medical books. This was just the first in a lifetime of health battles he would go on to fight until his last day. Medical professionals were either too scared to take on a case like his or found him to be fascinating. He survived open heart surgery, multiple back surgeries and countless others. He did this all while working in the warehouse at Associated Grocers of NE for 25+ years, many of them in the freezer where he would find his love of Snickers Ice Cream Bars.

He met the love of his life in 1962 and married her in 1965. She and Dusty were married for a blissful 57 years and you rarely saw one without the other. They adopted two children, a daughter in 1974 and a son in 1977. Dusty was the guy everyone came to if they needed their car fixed, driveway plowed or help wallpapering a room. He was known to be involved in shenanigans like a cake fight or a pie in the face war that went on for years. He loved Elvis and reminded us many times that he was The King and always would be. Sweets of any kind were never safe around him even when he had a feeding tube. He was known to eat pie for breakfast on many occasions. He loved his pets and would often talk about the many cats he had growing up. He leaves behind a dog, Hashi that he loved sneaking treats to and taking for rides and a cat, Willow that made all his days brighter. They will both miss him very much.

Although he loved his wife and kids, nothing made his life brighter than his two granddaughters. Being a grampa was his true calling in life and from day one, those girls never questioned that he would move mountains for them. They spent many weekends with their grandparents doing all kinds of things. They were quite literally the apple of his eye and the greatest joy of his life.

He had a love of old cars and was known in his younger days to often come home with a car he had traded with a buddy of his. His wife will tell you he never got the better end of the deal. His dream car was a ‘56 Crown Victoria but he loved to go to car shows where he could name the year, make and model of all the cars just by sight.

He leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Ruth “Cookie” (Knowlton) Corson of Concord, his two children Carianne (Corson) Fish and her wife Cynthia of Weare and a son, Kevin Corson of Concord. He also leaves behind his two granddaughters, Kacie Palmacci and her fiancé Mitch Clark of Concord and Jillian Palmacci of Virginia Beach, VA. He also leaves behind his brother, Donald Corson of Concord, numerous nieces and nephews and many brothers and sisters he inherited when he got married. He is predeceased by his parents, Mahlon Corson Sr and Ruth (Larochelle) Corson.

Calling hours will be held Monday August 15 from 2:00pm-4:00pm with a brief service at 4:00pm at Bennett Funeral Home, 209 North Main Street, Concord, NH.

Burial will follow at Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord followed by a reception at Alan’s Restaurant in Boscawen.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Dusty’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association. In his memory, raise a snickers ice cream bar or a piece of pie or a brownie or any sweet treat you may have and give your grandkids a hug in his honor.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Bennett Funeral Home of Concord, NH. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.bennettfuneral.com.