CANAAN – Dorothy-Dawn “Dee-Dee” Palmer, 16, died Saturday, Nov. 3, in Canaan as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was resident of Farmer’s Hill Road in Andover.

Born on March 14, 1991, in Waterville, she was a daughter of Sherwood Palmer and Sandra (Conley) Palmer. She was a junior at Telstar High School in Bethel ,where she was the historian for the FBLA and was also on the field hockey team and was a a member of the drama club and the band. She attended a National Leadership Forum on medicine at Emory College in Georgia.

She was a member of the Andover Congregational Church and had attended Pilgrim Lodge Camp and UCC Synod in Connecticut.

She loved working with children, gatherings at the house with family and friends, hiking, camping, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing

Survivors include her mother, Sandra Hall and her husband, Joe, of Andover; her father, Sherwood Palmer and his wife, Renee, of Norway; four sisters, Angela Palmer of Missouri, Jennifer Palmer of Auburn, Tiffany Steele of Norway and Candace Hall of Andover; three brothers, Richard Steele and his wife, Katrina, of Bangor, Scott Steele of Portland, Ryan Steele and his wife, Megan, of Colorado; foster sister, Angie; maternal grandparents, Thomas and Nancy Conley of Rumford; paternal grandmother, Ivah Palmer of Stratton; paternal granparents, Robert and Darlene Hall of Andover; her companion. Travis Morton of Rumford; aunt, Cindy Gammon and her husband, Stacy, of Andover; cousins, Lacey, Lauren and Lisa Gammon and Brooke Bennett; aunt, Sonya Jenke and her husband, Bruce, of Canton; cousins, Brianna, Alysha and Stephanie; aunt, Sandra Prince and her husband, Harold, of Turner; cousin, Matthew; aunt, Alysha Fortenbacker and her husband, John, and family of New Vineyard; aunt, Gloria Arnold of Startton; uncle, Odias Bachelder and his wife, Kelly, and family of Rangeley; uncle, Roger and Priscilla Palmer and family, of Rangeley; uncle, Nelson and his wife, Coco Palmer, of Cumberland; paternal grandparents, Ronald and Shirley Banovich of Norway.

She was predeceased by a paternal grandfather, James Palmer; and maternal grandmother, Victoria MacDonald Conley.

She touched many lives and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.