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October 08, 2007

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Decorated Mich. officer dies during Chicago marathon

By Steve Warmbir
The Chicago Sun-Times

CHICAGO - At 35, Chad Schieber had already been named Midland, Mich., police officer of the year, been mentioned on a national news program and served four years on his church's board of directors.

Schieber, a father of three who was in excellent shape, was running in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday along with his wife, Sarah, and was ahead of her when he collapsed and later died, said his pastor, Joel Stocker, who spoke to Schieber's wife after the race.

Witnesses said "the runner was running, and he fell down and was unresponsive and didn't have a pulse," said race director Carey Pinkowski.

Stocker, the senior pastor at the Christian Celebration Center in Midland, said Schieber was extremely active in his church and would often end his conversations with a simple question: "Is there anything I can do for you?"

In fact, Stocker had a conversation with Schieber just last week, when Schieber asked that very question. "And he meant that," Stocker said.

He and Sarah Schieber, a singer also committed to her church, were teaching a six-week class on marriage at the Christian Celebration Center.

"He was a very humble man who loved his wife, as well as his children, his family and his fellow parishioners -- and also his community," Stocker said.

Last year Schieber, on the Midland police force since December 1994, was honored as the officer of the year for his work in the department and in the community, including establishing a local law enforcement memorial and a youth law enforcement academy.

"He loved working with kids," Midland Deputy Police Chief Robert Lane said Sunday.

Schieber was also a mountain bike instructor for the police department and taught officers how to work bike patrols.

Schieber was mentioned earlier this year on ABC News' "20/20" when the program aired a feature on a Midland teenage girl and the unusual circumstances in which she survived being shot several times by a former boyfriend. A titanium plate inserted into the girl's previously broken collarbone stopped a bullet that could have paralyzed or killed her, according to the program.

Schieber was the first officer on the scene of the shooting.

Copyright 2007 Chicago Sn-Times

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