Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School Teachers: 1969-present

Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School Teachers
Click here to see the book Teaching Servants of Wyneken: 1969-2003
Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School opened its school doors for the first time on Tuesday, September 2, 1969. The student body included 108 boys and 87 girls, for a total of 193 students enrolled for its first year. This represented approximately 77% of the children eligible from the three congregations that formed Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School - Zion (Friedheim), St. Paul (Preble), and St. John (Bingen). The following teachers have served the Lord and have been a blessing to God and His people:
Current servants are in linked to their home pages in bold blue type. Former servants' web pages are linked in italic blue type. The small type tells about their current teaching service. E-mail addresses and home pages are provided wherever available. If you would like to add an e-mail address or web address, please e-mail the webmaster.
TEACHER'S NAME	YEARS OF SERVICE	TEACHER'S NAME	YEARS OF SERVICE
Richard Bultemeyer 1st Principal Now retired from the ministry, and living in Florida. E-mail: Rlrab429@aol.com	1969 - 1974	Raymond Bachmann Now retired from the ministry, and living in Brownstown, Indiana. He last served Lutheran Central School there.	1969 - 1972
*William Uffelman*	1969-1970	Marvin Meyer	1969 - 1970
David Hartman Principal, Trinity Lutheran School, Wausau, WI	1969-1975	Marlys Hartman	1969-1970
Dr. Ross Stueber e-mail: Ross.Stueber@cuw.edu Ross Stueber, Professor at Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin	1969 - 1975 Is this really the same man? Indeed...	Dr. Jeffery Burkart e-mail: burkart@luther.csp.edu Dr. Burkart is the Associate Dean of Christian Ministry at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota	1969-1970
Thelma Standiford now a teacher aide at Wyneken.	1969 - 1986	Johanna Rafert/ Johanna Buuck	1969 - 1981
Wanda Leaman 8th grade teacher, Emmanuel--St. Michael Lutheran School, Fort Wayne, Indiana.	1970 - 1972	Addy Schuller	1970 - 1971
Donna Schieferstein Retired from the teaching ministry in 2003. Living in Decatur, Indiana.	1972 - 2003	Orvin Schlegel Principal of Redeemer Lutheran School, Warsaw, IN	1970 - 1987
Kenneth Germann Faith Lutheran School, Plano, Texas e-mail: cageycougar@juno.com	1972-1999	LeaAnn Fifer Now a proud parent of a Wyneken student, Ian, LeaAnn teaches at St. Mark's Lutheran Preschool in Monroeville, Indiana. She also is a volunteer librarian at Wyneken.	1972 - 1976
Beth Hoppes	1974-1976	Norbert Schaekel 2nd Principal Now retired from the teaching ministry, he still is a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church (Preble) e-mail address: rvjoe@decaturnet.com	1974-1991
Walter Schefft Principal of Holy Cross Lutheran School in Collinsville, IL.	1975 - 1979	David Boerger	1975 - 1977
Lois Niemann/ Pooker	1976 - 1978	Gay Hutchison/ Gay Niemeier	1978 - 1980
Rae Fuhrmann Celebrated 25 years at Wyneken in 2000-2001!!	1976 - present	Mike Bronner The now Rev. Michael Bronner serves his Lord as pastor of The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, outside St. Louis, MO e-mail address: lcr@integritynetwork.net	1979 - 1983
Mark Zimmer St. John Lutheran School, Indianapolis, IN	1979 - 1988	Lois Nord	1981 - 1982
Pam Williamson	1982 - 1983	Lisa Wallace	1982 - 1986
William Reichhart Principal, Huntertown Elementary School (Northwest Allen County School district) bill.reichhart@nacs.k12.in.us	1983 - 1985	Nancy Gowen Now living in Aiea, Hawaii with her husband, Rev. Mitch Gowen (pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church) and three children. e-mail: worship@oursaviorhawaii.com	1983 - 1985
Megan Payne Now living in Crystal Lake, Illinois with her husband, Rev. Carlton Payne and her children.	1985 - 1987	William Griffith Teaching at Lansing Correctional Facility, Leavenworth, Kansas.	1985 - 1987
Diane (George) McQuilliams	1986 - 2000	Rebecca Klenke/ Rebecca Jackson	1986 - present
Cynthia Wollman	1987 - 1988	Dean Wass 4th & 6th Principal, 1995-97, 2000-01	1987 - present
Marcia Gevers	1988 - 1990, 1991 - 1992	Marvin Drier	1987 - present
Karen Bierlein Living in Fort Wayne, Indiana with her husband, Rev. Albert Bierlein, and working at Concordia Lutheran High School.	1988 - 1990	Fred Krey Fred and his family live in Decatur, Indiana.	1988 - 1991
Timothy Steltenpohl 3rd Principal	1991 - 1995	Doug Dash	1990 - 1993
Deborah Miller Concordia Lutheran School, Fort Wayne, IN	1991 - 1997	Kristie Brown	1992 - 1996
Michelle Martin	1995 - present	Gretchen Hardesty New Haven Middle School, New Haven, Indiana	1993 - 1998
Richard Schwantz	1996 - present	James Krupski 5th Principal Principal at St. Paul Lutheran School, Westlake, Ohio. e-mail: jkrupski@stpaulwestlake.org	1997 - 2000
Dianne Hormann/ Dianne Kneller Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fort Wayne, IN	1997-1999	Pandora Zimmerman She is a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church (Preble) and resides in Decatur, Indiana with her husband and two children.	1998
Amy Dickmander e-mail: jmdickmand@netusa1.net	1998 - 1999	Jennifer Ackmann Emmanuel-St. Michael Lutheran School, Fort Wayne, IN	1999
*Anne Hess* Central Lutheran School, New Haven, IN	1999 - 2003	Ruth Armao St. John's Lutheran School, Fishers, Indiana	1999 - 2002
Heidi Werling	1999 - present	Yvonne Schwantz	1999 - present
Sarah May Galiher	1999 - 2001	Emily Norder/ Emily Nelson	2000 - 2001
Mary Nichols	2000 - present	Keith Dicke	2001-present
Cindy Roy	2001-present	Lowell Timm 7th Principal	2001-present
Deb Olson	2003-present
CLICK THE PICTURE TO SEE SOME GROOVY FACULTY PICTURES OF OUR FACULTY FROM THE 1960s and 1970s. The original faculty and staff of Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School, 1969. Seated: Mrs. Norvin Bultemeier, Mrs. Verlin Bultemeier, Mrs. Melwin Buuck, Mrs. Ludolph Scheumann, and Mrs. Marlys Hartman. Standing: Richard Bultemeyer (Principal), Raymond Bachmann, Jeffery Burkart, Rev. E. A. H. Jacob, Mrs. Wilfred Rafert, Marvin Meyer, William Uffelman, Thelma Standiford, David Hartman, Ross Stueber, Rev. Norman Kuck, and Rev. O. A. Brillinger.
This page information borrowed from Zion Lutheran Church, Friedheim. Thanks, Mr. Drier and Pastor Dahling! (http://www.zionfriedheim.org). Further information came from the irrefutable files of Mr. Kenneth R. Germann. Thanks, cowboy! Also helping in this task were Thelma Standiford, LeaAnn Fifer, and Rae Fuhrmann. Please notify the webmaster with any corrections or additions. Thanks!
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