Kimberly J. Dengler was born on November 13,1964 as Kimberly Jean Fye. She was the daughter of Marilyn Jean Swanson Fye and Edward James Fye whom have passed away. Kimberly's dad was a steel worker at Sharon Steel in Sharon, PA, with working 3 shifts, it was hard on Kimberly because of the way her dad worked. Her mother, was a homemaker raising Kimberly and her brother, Bruce Edward who was born September 20,1966.

Kimberly had a good childhood, but she couldn't get everything she wanted because of her dad's income was just for bills and utilities, food also was part of the income. She struggled in school earning average grades, she wanted to join the band and play the clarinet,but her mother said they couldn't afford it.