Frietze was born in
Mesilla, New Mexico, the son of Miguel Saenz Frietze and Arcadia Cajen. He attended Las Cruces Union High School. He served in the
United States Navy from 1945 to 1949. He then served in the
New Mexico House of Representatives from January 1965, until his resignation in October 1965, having been named county manager of Doña Ana County, a position he filled until 1969. == Death ==