Waterford - Alicia Ethel (Morris) Gayle, 97, of Waterford, passed away on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at her residence.Mrs. Gayle was born on July 16, 1919, in New London, the daughter of the late Andrew and Alice (Hodges) Morris. She was a 1936 graduate of the former Williams Memorial Institute in New London.Ethel had married the late Glenn L. Gayle, on Oct. 28, 1950, in New London. Glenn passed away on June 9, 2003. For many years she had worked as a telephone operator for the former Southern New England Telephone Company. Her many interests included duck pin bowling, square dancing; she and her husband were members of the Lads and Lassies Square Dance Club as well as arts and crafts.Ethel's survivors include two daughters, Cynthia Lanzarotto and her husband, David, of Quaker Hill and Pamela Gatchek of Willimantic; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.Byles Memorial Home, 99 Huntington St., in New London, is assisting her family with the arrangements, which will be held privately in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London.In lieu of flowers donations may be directed to a .