Age 34. 14 Sunnybank Road, West Roxbury (Boston), MA. Born on 12/13/1907, in South Boston (Boston), MA. Died on 11/30/1942 (Monday), at Boston City Hospital, of burns (death certificate). Wife Christina "Christine", age 29, expired at City Hospital on the same date, two days post-blaze. Clerk, U.S. Post Office, South Postal Annex, Boston. Couple attended the club with his married younger sister Mrs. Marie Kenney, age 33, and her husband Lawrence "Larry," age 38, of Dorchester (Boston), MA, both dead. Was misreported (with his wife) in the 11/30/1942 Boston Evening American as attached to an otherwise separate main dining room party of six including victim Francis Gatturna (who died by fire-related suicide on 1/09/1943), the latter a coworker of Mr. Wessling at the above postal annex. Was raised in Boston. Was a graduate of Boston College High School. Married in 1936, in Boston. Couple left no children. Slight build (WWII draft registration, October '40: 5' 8," 138 lbs.). Was one of 256 males deceased (including two outside passing rescue workers) in addition to 234 women dead (for a total of 490 casualties). With his married sister was one of 16 sibling pairs lost in the blaze (also half-siblings Earl Tattrie and Mrs. Harrilyn "Dolly" Taft, ages 31 and 21 respectively, and the Fitzgerald brothers of Wilmington, MA, four dead). With his wife were two of 81 victims recorded on their death certificates as having perished after the actual fire date of November 28 (also singer Ethel Bauer, age 32, who died on 12/01/1942, but was misrepresented as passing on "November 28"). Parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. and Sophie M. (Volmershausen) Wessling. Burial with his wife at Mt. Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury. Middle name Anthony.

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