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In 1954, Schiele married the former Maxine Smith (1937-2009), a 1955 graduate of Vidalia High School. The couple had five children: Fred Schiele, Jr. (born 1955), a former deputy sheriff for his father and the appointed chief of police in Ferriday, who later entered the trucking business in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]; Carole Ann Schiele Rice (born 1960) and Patricia Leigh Schiele (born 1962), both of Loranger in Tangipahoa Parish; Alan Maxwell Schiele (born 1964), a deputy sheriff in East Baton Rouge Parish, and Steven Lowery Schiele, II (born 1975) of Port Vincent, a [[village]] in Livingston Parish. Steven is named for Steven Schiele, I, a first cousin who was killed in an [[automobile]] accident in 1971. There were also three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.<ref>'Fred Schiele, ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' January 5, 2002;  statement of Maxine Smith Schiele, July 2008.</ref>

In 1954, Schiele married the former Maxine Smith (1937-2009), a 1955 graduate of Vidalia High School. The couple had five children: Fred Schiele, Jr. (born 1955), a former deputy sheriff for his father and the appointed chief of police in Ferriday, who later entered the trucking business in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]; Carole Ann Schiele Rice (born 1960) and Patricia Leigh Schiele (born 1962), both of Loranger in Tangipahoa Parish; Alan Maxwell Schiele (born 1964), a deputy sheriff in East Baton Rouge Parish, and Steven Lowery Schiele, II (born 1975) of Port Vincent, a [[village]] in Livingston Parish. Steven is named for Steven Schiele, I, a first cousin who was killed in an [[automobile]] accident in 1971. There were also three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.<ref>'Fred Schiele, ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' January 5, 2002;  statement of Maxine Smith Schiele, July 2008.</ref>

==Political life==​

==Political life==

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On April 6, 1973, more than five years after he first ran for sheriff of Concordia Parish, Schiele was appointed to the office by [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], pending a [[special election]], after incumbent Noah Cross was forced to resign after twenty-five years in office because of the failure of the [[appeal]] of his federal conviction of [[perjury]].<ref>''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 11, 1973, p. 1.</ref> Edwards settled on Schiele because the former legislator had successfully managed Edwards' 1971-1972 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaign in Concordia Parish.<ref name=cs>"Schiele to Succeed Cross in Appointment," ''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 4, 1973, p. 1.</ref>​

On April 6, 1973, more than five years after he first ran for sheriff of Concordia Parish, Schiele was appointed to the office by [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], pending a [[special election]], after incumbent Noah Cross was forced to resign after twenty-five years in office because of the failure of the [[appeal]] of his federal conviction of [[perjury]].<ref>''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 11, 1973, p. 1.</ref> Edwards settled on Schiele because the former legislator had successfully managed Edwards' 1971-1972 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaign in Concordia Parish.<ref name=cs>"Schiele to Succeed Cross in Appointment," ''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 4, 1973, p. 1.</ref>​