St. Paul's Lutheran Church and School Staff

Mrs. Thoelke is the Principal of St. Paul's Lutheran School. She received her BA from Concordia University, River Forest, in elementary education, with a Director of Parish Music certification, and a master's degree in educational administration from Concordia University, Chicago, where she is also a doctoral candidate. Mrs. Thoelke has served as a school principal at classical Lutheran schools in southern Illinois and Houston. She is a frequent speaker on classical Lutheran education, serves as a consultant for the LCMS Genesis Project for churches that would like to open new schools, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Wittenberg Academy.

The Rev. Dr. Edward Naumann provides daily chapel services for all of the students at St. Paul's, and teaches Catechesis class to grades 6th-8th. Pastor Naumann received his Doctorate in Greek and Latin at the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., with emphasis on Early Christianity, and graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, in 2013.

Mr. Gercken teaches 3rd-8th grade music, Religion and Latin. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Illinois and M.A. degrees in Music and Religion from Concordia University Chicago. 

Mrs. Greco teaches grades 3rd-8th literature, English and grammar and Spanish. She attended Eastern Illinois University and has degrees in education, Spanish, and health science. She has taught all levels and many different subjects, most involving language, grammar and writing. She was a teacher at Bourbonnais High School, Walther Lutheran, St. Paul’s, St. Edmund’s, Riverside-Brookfield, and now here again at St. Paul’s.  

Mrs. Duffy teaches grades Kindergarten-2nd. She has degrees in Elementary Education and Music Education from Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. She has taught in both general and music classrooms. She is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Melrose Park.

Mrs. Krueger teaches 3rd-8th grade Saxon Math and she is also the church and school secretary. She attended Northern Illinois University. She is a member of St. Paul's with her husband and four daughters.

Mrs. Antonetti teaches Kindergarten at St. Paul's.