Griffing Bancroft Obituary

Obituary

Griffing Bancroft, former newspaper man, radio journalist, naturalist and author who spent much of his later life on Captiva Island and in Naples, died at his home in Bentley Village, Naples, Friday, February 5, 1999, at the age of 91. Mr. Bancroft and his wife, Jane Eads Bancroft who was also a retired news-person, built two homes on Captiva, the first one having been destroyed by flood waters. The couple had moved to Captiva originally in the early sixties.

Prior to World War II, Mr. Bancroft covered the nation's capital for several news outlets, then left the business temporarily to join the U.S. Government's Office of War Information. He served abroad in North Africa, Italy and Austria, and for his work as chief of News operations for psychological welfare, he received the U.S. Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. After the war, Mr. Bancroft returned to Washington to become a CBS Radio correspondent and eventually to host two programs: "Face the Nation" and "Capitol Cloakroom".

Mr. Bancroft was the author of four "naturalist" books, one of which, Vanishing Wings, was a Junior Literary Guild selection which received the Christopher Award.

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Published by The News-Press on Feb. 10, 1999.

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