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Gloria Jean Wolberg Roesser
Secretary of Aging of Maryland
In office
January 15, 2003 – January 17, 2007
Acting: January 15, 2003 – February 7, 2003
GovernorBob Ehrlich
Preceded bySue Fryer Ward
Succeeded byGloria G. Lawlah
Member of the Maryland Senate
from the 15th district
In office
January 11, 1995 – January 8, 2003
Preceded byLaurence Levitan
Succeeded byRobert J. Garagiola
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 15th district
In office
January 14, 1987 – January 11, 1995
Serving with Judith C. Toth, Gene W. Counihan, Richard A. La Vay
Preceded byJerry H. Hyatt
Succeeded byJean B. Cryor
Mark Kennedy Shriver
Personal details
Born(1930-05-08)May 8, 1930
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedOctober 2, 2017(2017-10-02) (aged 87)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materTrinity College
Catholic University of America
OccupationJournalist and politician

Gloria Jean Wolberg Roesser (May 8, 1930 – October 2, 2017) was an American journalist and politician.

Roesser was born in Washington, D.C. She received her bachelor's degree in economics from Trinity College and took graduate courses in economics at the Catholic University of America. Roesser worked as a reporter for the Suburban Record newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland. She lived in Potomac, Maryland. Roesser was involved with the Republican Party. She served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1987 to 1995. She then served in the Maryland Senate from 1995 to 2003.[1] From 2004 to 2007, Roesser served as secretary for the Maryland Department of Aging. Roesser died from leukemia in a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.[2][3][4]

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  1. ^ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8660
  2. ^ Mary Department of Aging-Former Secretaries-Jean Roesser
  3. ^ 'Jean Roesser, Maryland state senator and secretary of aging, dies at 87,' Washington Post, Harrison Smith, October 9, 2017
  4. ^ Jean W. Roesser-obituary