ST. ALBANS Gloria “Dine” Bancroft, 80, died Dec. 15, 2020, due to COVID-19, surrounded by the nurses from St. Albans Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Born on Jan. 29, 1940, in Berlin, Vermont, she grew up in Plainfield, Vermont, where she attended school. Upon graduating high school, she worked for National Life from 1959-1964. She worked as a dispatcher for the State of Vermont and also went on narcotics investigations from 1964-1969. From 1969-1971, Gloria worked as a corrections officer, in charge of female prisoners and supervised female corrections officers. In 1971, she became a police officer for Burlington City and in 1973, she was promoted as the first female detective for the Burlington Police Department. In 1976, she moved to Florida to work as a private investigator. She also carried the torch by filing an equal pay for equal work suit against the City of Burlington in 1975 and won. Her career also includes Digital and a small business owner of a store/deli at Be