Jean Roesser

{{short description|American politician (1930-2017)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gloria Jean Wolberg Roesser

| image = File:Del_Roesser.jpg

| office = Secretary of Aging of Maryland

| term_start = January 15, 2003

| term_end = January 17, 2007
{{small|Acting: January 15, 2003 – February 7, 2003}}

| governor = Bob Ehrlich

| predecessor = Sue Fryer Ward

| successor = Gloria G. Lawlah

| state_senate1 = Maryland

| district1 = 15th

| term_start1 = January 11, 1995

| term_end1 = January 8, 2003

| predecessor1 = Laurence Levitan

| successor1 = Robert J. Garagiola

| state_delegate2 = Maryland

| district2 = 15th

| alongside2 = Judith C. Toth, Gene W. Counihan, Richard A. La Vay

| term_start2 = January 14, 1987

| term_end2 = January 11, 1995

| predecessor2 = Jerry H. Hyatt

| successor2 = Jean B. Cryor
Mark Kennedy Shriver

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|05|08|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|02|1930|05|08|mf=y}}

| death_place = Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.

| burial_place =

| alma_mater = Trinity College
Catholic University of America

| occupation = Journalist 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.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8660 From 2004 to 2007, Roesser served as secretary for the Maryland Department of Aging. Roesser died from leukemia in a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/10da/former/html/msa12175.html Mary Department of Aging-Former Secretaries-Jean Roesser]'Jean Roesser, Maryland state senator and secretary of aging, dies at 87,' Washington Post, Harrison Smith, October 9, 2017[http://www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com/obituary/The-Hon.-Jean-W.-Roesser/Potomac-MD/1757234 Jean W. Roesser-obituary]