2025 SENIOR KING & QUEEN


Kate and Don Keppler
Don is a lifelong resident of Pemberville and a graudate of Eastwood High School.  Kate moved with her two sons to Pemberville from Oregon, Ohio when her boys were young.  Kate was working at Drs. Gary & Cheryl DeWood's dental office and the dental team became active in the community and the fair.  Never having met, Don and Kate both were volunteering at a pancake breakfast to benefit the Pemberville Free Fair.  It as there that they met and the rest is history.  After many years they both say that they are happy to still be writing their story.  Over the years, Don has volunteered and given time to numerous organizations in the community.  His affiliations have included:  Sons of the American Legion, Pemberville-Freedom Fire Department, and the Pemberville Free Fair Board.  Kate and Don both remain active with the Pemberville Free Fair today.  Don with the Swine Scramble, which seems to have become a family affair, and Kate with the Royalty Contest.  The fair and these events hold good times and great memories!  Kate is also a member of the American Legion Post #183 Auxiliary. Together Don and Kate attend St. Paul Lutheran Church in New Rochester.  Don is at his best when he is farming and he doesn't know a stranger.  Kate stays busy with many things and enjoys helping her family.  Together Don and Kate enjoy family, friends, camping, hunting at a great flea market, and Sunday family dinners!

Congratulations Kate & Don!!!