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Penny Sippel, nee Collins (b. 1940)
Penny Sippel was born at Stewart Island at the mouth of the Stewart River on the Yukon River. Her father, Phillip Collins, was a longshoreman for the British Yukon Navigation Co., a subsidiary of White Pass & Yukon Route. Her mother, Martha Collins, ran the roadhouse offering rooms and meals. Both of her parents ran traplines in the winter. The family moved to Dawson when Penny was school age. They moved to Whitehorse in 1952 and lived in the Whiskey Flats area that is Rotary Park today. Phillip worked with the Army, building houses in Camp Takhini. Penny was crowned May Queen in the 1956 precursor to the Sourdough Rendezvous spring festival, May Days. Penny met Don Sippel in 1954 and they were married in 1959. They raised three children: Donna, Cindy, and Paul. Don and Penny Sippel were named Mr. and Mrs. Yukon in 2023.1)