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

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She received her bachelor's degree in economics from

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and took graduate courses in economics at the

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. Roesser worked as a reporter for the Suburban Record newspaper in

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. She lived in

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. Roesser was involved with the Republican Party. She served in the

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from 1987 to 1995. She then served in the

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from 1995 to 2003. From 2004 to 2007, Roesser served as secretary for the Maryland Department of Aging. Roesser died from leukemia in a hospital in

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