Pastor Michael Helwig was born in Milwaukee, WI in 1971.He is sixth born of eight children. He grew up in Two Rivers, WI where his Father served as a Lutheran School Principal and Teacher.  His mother held a long career as a Registered Nurse in various ER's and Health Care agencies. Already desiring to prepare for the pastoral ministry at 13, he attended Martin Luther Prep School in Prairie du Chein from 1984 -89, (since then the school has been merged with LPS in Watertown.) He attended Northwestern College in Watertown from 1989-1993 and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Thiensville, WI. His third year of seminary life he served as a Vicar (intern pastor) at St. John's in Baraboo, WI. By then he and Rachel (Seiltz) were married and were expecting their first child. Pastor Helwig served Christ Lutheran Church in Grand Island, NE from 1997 - 2003. Since August of 2003, he been serving as Pastor at Crown of Life in Hubertus WI. He and his wife Rachel have five children. Pastor enjoys listening to and playing all sorts of music, with special interest in guitar, piano, and recently the mandolin. He likes to fish and hunt, and spend his free time with his family and the Crown of Life family.

Principal/Grades 7-8 Wade Cohoon was born and raised in Denver, CO. As a youngster, Wade always wanted to be a forest ranger, living and working in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. However, the Lord had a better plan for him. Instead of crawling into bear caves and monitoring wildlife, he led Wade to become a teacher. His teaching strengths in science are geared toward the outdoors, as his room decor will testify to. Wade graduated in 1977 from Martin Luther College in New UIm, MN. He earned his BS degree in education in 1984 from Martin Luther College, the same year he married Bethel Kemmitz. They have been privileged to raise five children. Wade has been teaching for 20 years, all in the great state of Wisconsin. He is currently teaching his eighth year at Crown of Life and serving as principal. He is also pursuing a masters degree in leadership from Martin Luther College. Wade enjoys numerous outdoor activities with family and friends. He also enjoys going to the movies, which he finds easy to use in relating much of the material he teaches to his students. He and his wife, Bethel, try to be at all of the soccer, football and basketball games that their children participate in.

Sharon Schmidt grew up in Shiocton, WI. She attended Shiocton Elementary, followed by Fox Valley Lutheran High School. Sharon Received a Bachelor’s Degree at Dr. Martin Luther College and then a Master’s Degree at Northern State University. She was blessed with a call to teach at Trinity Lutheran School in Aberdeen, SD. There she taught grades K-3 for six years. The Lord then led Sharon to Crown of Life Lutheran School here in Hubertus. For eight years she taught grades K-4. Sharon and her husband, John, are blessed with two beautiful daughters. She stayed at home with her girls until they both went to school. She currently is teaching the Extended Learning Program at Crown of Life. Besides teaching, she is the Director of Music for Crown of Life. Sharon also teaches piano lesions and directs the choir. She enjoys doing some gardening at home.

K-2 Teacher

Preschool Teacher Kristine Franz grew up in Wauwatosa, WI and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. Kristine attended Wauwatosa East High School and then went on to Wisconsin Lutheran College to study Education. During College she worked at the Recreation Department, was a Counselor at Camp Phillip, was a New Friends Craft leader for Developmentally Disabled Adults, and was a Resident Assistant on Campus. She graduated Wisconsin Lutheran College in2005 and received a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Early Childhood. After graduation, Kristine substitute taught in multiple kindergarten classrooms, was a three-five year old lead teacher, and taught Kindergarten. In June of 2008 she married her husband, David and currently own a home in West Bend, WI. Some of her hobbies outside of working with children are singing, dancing, volleyball, and visiting her God child at Camp Phillip.

Administrative Assistant Dawn Schaenzer was born and raised in the Milwaukee area. She attended parochial schools and graduated from Doctor Martin Luther College. Dawn taught school for 16 years—four years in LaCrosse and 12 years in Hustisford. After taking off ten years to raise her son and daughter, Dawn is once again enjoying being back in school—this time as administrative assistant. In her free time she enjoys being involved in choir, handbells, and volleyball.