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Schiele was one of four sons born in Vidalia in Concordia Parish, to Catesby Edward Schiele and the former Lucille Rountree (1897-1977). In 1951, he graduated from Vidalia High School. Thirty years later, at the age of forty-eight, he procured his bachelor’s degree in business administration from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>Statement of Fred Schiele, Jr., July 2008.</ref> Prior to his involvement in politics, Schiele ran a [[cotton]] gin in Ferriday. He also served on the board of First Federal Savings and Loan in Vidalia.<ref name=cs/>​

Schiele was one of four sons born in Vidalia in Concordia Parish, to Catesby Edward Schiele and the former Lucille Rountree (1897-1977). In 1951, he graduated from Vidalia High School. Thirty years later, at the age of forty-eight, he procured his bachelor’s degree in business administration from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>Statement of Fred Schiele, Jr., July 2008.</ref> Prior to his involvement in politics, Schiele ran a [[cotton]] gin in Ferriday. He also served on the board of First Federal Savings and Loan in Vidalia.<ref name=cs/>​

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>Obituary of Fred Schiele, ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' January 5, 2002;  statement of Maxine Smith Schiele, July 2008.</ref>

== Political life ==

== Political life ==