Randy was born at the Community Hospital at Broken Bow; the fourth child to Delmer Abslum and Gertrude Louise (Hastings) Haddix. His siblings were Clyde, Darlene, and Leo.
Randy's childhood was spent in Mason City. He went to Mason City Public School, K-8, and Ansley Public School 9-12. Randy graduated with the class of 1979.
After graduation Randy enlisted in the Army National Guard-Nebraska. He was stationed with Co C 1195th Armor. His military education was a 14-week training at Fort Knox, TN as an Armor Crewman. Randy was Honorable Discharged on Feb. 11, 1985 as a Specialist Four E-4 from the Company C 1-195th Armor.
Randy was united in marriage to Linda Anette Klitzman on July 18, 1981 at the Assembly of God Church in Broken Bow.
In August of 1984, Randy started working at the Broken Bow Police Department. While working at the Broken Bow Police Department he was the school resource officer and the DARE Instructor. It was important to Randy to help the kids, in school or outside of school.
Randy was a Hunter Safety Instructor up to the time of his untimely death, always helping to educate the public about hunter safety.
When Randy was in Broken Bow he was a volunteer firefighter and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician).
Randy's hobbies were cooking, hunting, fishing, skeet and trap shooting. When he went goose hunting he was the designated cook in the goose blind. He loved to cook and try out new recipes when the goose and duck hunters were in the blind. When Randy would start getting ready and packing for his goose hunting trip, his lab Pepper couldn't sit still because he knew they were going on a hunting trip and they were going to have fun on the weekend.
In 1998, a friend of Randy's, while on a goose hunting trip around Sidney, suggested to Randy to fill out an application at Cabela's as a joke. Randy didn't think anything about it until Cabela's called two days later and offered Randy a job. Randy took the job offer and had been at Cabela's until the buyout. Randy enjoyed working at Cabela's and meeting people.
In April of 2018, Randy started his new job at the Cheyenne County Sheriff Department in Sidney which he held until the time of his death.
Randy was a member of the Tehama Shriners at Hastings, Nebraska and Frank Welch Lodge #75 at Sidney. He was also a member of the Centurions LEMC.
Randy was a member of the Region 21 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). April 13-14, 2018 the CERT Team assisted the Nebraska State Patrol during the blizzard 'due to impassable roads due to zero visibility and drifting snow causing crashes and stranded motorist.' The CERT Team received recognition from Governor Ricketts and the Nebraska State Patrol for the Public Service Award on May 10, 2018.