Dr. Ana I. Gispert

GISPERT, DR. ANA I., Former Regional Director of the South Florida Department of Corrections, has passed away at a local hospital after a long illness. Dr. Gispert was the first female Hispanic Superintendent of a male correctional institution in the United States. She also served as Superintendent of several male and female correctional institutions. Even after receiving her doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Havana, she remained close to the farmlands she so deeply loved. Dr. Gispert relocated and raised her family in Delaware. While working in several supervisory positions, she obtained her Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. She will be lovingly missed by her family; her former husband, Jose; her son, Jose Jr. and his wife, Meca; her daughters, Ana and her husband, David Thomas, Patricia and her husband, David Arliss. She is also survived by her brother Dr. Henry Driver and his wife, Sylvia; and many nieces and nephews; her 11 grandchildren, Danny, Manny, Gaby, Andres Jose, Jose Enrique, Henry, Isa, Guy, Gavin, Jocelyn and Kayden, will also miss her. Services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church at 145 NE 10th Street, Homestead, FL at 10am Saturday, May 27, 2006. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to www.herald.com/obituaries.