Randall L. Hassler

Randy Hassler, 69, of Omaha, Nebraska passed away October 4, 2025 peacefully at home, surrounded by his family. Randy was born on September 23, 1956 in Beemer NE to Willis and Rose (Guenther) Hassler. Randy attended a small country school until high school. He participated in 4-H and was able to show animals with the generosity of Phil and Donna Johnson. He reminisced about summers spent at grandma and grandpa Hasslers with Judy, Evelyn and Danny. Randy graduated from Mead High School in 1974. He earned an Associate degree in business from Metro Technical College. As a young boy, he worked helping many local farmers, worked at Langmeirs Locker in Mead and at the sale barn in Wahoo. After high school, he worked for the University of NE field laboratory in Mead until 1986. He then spent a few months helping a co-worker of Anne’s to build a house where he learned many handyman skills that he continued to use throughout his life. In January of 1987, Randy started his career with the grounds and maintenance crew at Boystown. He retired from Boystown as the Grounds Crew Manager in March of 2025, after a dedicated 38 years. Randy took great pride in his job at Boystown and made many great friends during his time there. Anne tried to get him to retire sooner but he really enjoyed the work and the comradery of those he worked with. Randy often took his sons and their friends to work on weekends to help tend to the farm animals, turn on and play in the commercial sprinklers, and share in Randy’s passion for agriculture/groundskeeping. Randy lived with his mother until he married Anne in 1979. Randy’s father passed away when Randy was only ten years old. From a young age, Randy was very dedicated to supporting his mother. He renovated her house, installed a patio, did numerous projects around the house for her and was always just a phone call away to help with anything she needed. Randy married his high school sweetheart on June 9, 1979 at St Joseph Catholic Church in Colon, NE. Randy and Anne’s first date was midnight mass at St James Catholic Church in Mead on December 24th, 1972. Randy was a member of St Stephen the Martyr Church where he was one of the founding members. Randy is survived by his wife, Anne. Sons: Brian (Stephenie), Jason (Claire) and Nick (Emily) – all of Omaha. Brother Rich of Yutan, Sister Diane (Lynn) Berkland of Fremont and Sister Judy (Morris) Rusch of Hartley IA. 11 Grandchildren: Owen, Kenzie, Jaxson, Noah, Braxton, Madison, Brock, Boston, Amelia, Blakely and Blaire. Also, many in-laws, nieces and nephews. Randy was preceded in death by his infant daughter Amy, Parents Willis and Rose, Brother Ron, sister-in-law Marlene, brother-in-law Leroy Konecky and infant great-nephew Spencer Konecky. Randy was a do-it-yourself kind of guy. He taught himself many skills and very rarely hired anything done. The family motto was “if Papa can’t fix it – no one can”. He built furniture, spent countless hours landscaping and tree work, built several decks, sheds, a clubhouse, playground, added a sunroom, and more projects than we can recall. He was very skilled with fixing small engines and worked on mowers, equipment and vehicles. He cherished the time with his boys on Boy Scout outings and camping adventures. He assisted his sons when moving, sanding/staining a swing set, re-building a wall after a tornado, getting houses ready to sell and loaning out tools/mowers/equipment. Randy’s son Nick once said he wanted farm fresh eggs, so Randy built a hen house and we have had fresh eggs for many years. He always took a project to the next level and made sure it was done correctly. He had many hobbies including gardening, hunting, and salvaging metals. He had many projects left on his to do list for his retirement. One of those was restoring his 1970 Chevelle. His family encouraged him to finally bring life back to his car and thanks to Mike’s Classic Cars in Elkhorn, we got the car running and he was able to get a couple more rides in his high school muscle car. Randy was a farmer at heart, and his dream was to own an acreage of his own to farm and raise his family. In 1996 on their way home from a graduation party, Randy and Anne came upon a for sale sign on a 5-acre plot – the sign had only been up a couple of hours. They stopped and looked it over and went home and purchased it. They built a house on the land and moved in October 1997. The family planted over 100 trees on the property and built countless projects to constantly improve the property over the years. Anne got Randy to put in a sand volleyball court where they spent many Friday nights playing sand volleyball with family and friends. He also installed an above ground pool and a deck around it which was a place of many memories for the family including birthday parties for the grandkids. The grandchildren love spending time there. The acreage allowed Randy to use his tractors and equipment and spend many hours on his hustler mower. Randy wasn’t much for vacations – but due to some very good friends, who planned and booked the vacations, Anne was able to get him to go on several trips including a houseboat in Branson and trips to Florida, St Croix, St John, Grand Cayman and a European Danube River Cruise with a few days afterwards in Germany and then Switzerland. He also vacationed with Anne and the Boys in Colorado, Iowa, Mississippi and Florida. Due to his oldest son Brian being in the Air Force, Randy also traveled to several states including Alaska, where the family went deep sea fishing for Halibut. Randy enjoyed the outdoors and loved hunting and fishing. He went on a fishing trip in 1983 with his mother and her friend Emil to the Gulf of Mexico where he caught a shark – Anne was upset that he gave it away vs bringing it home to eat. He also went to a remote area in Canada on a guy’s fishing trip with his son Jason. For many years he went deer hunting with Anne’s brother Vince. Randy greatly enjoyed his grandchildren. Many good times were spent with them for Holidays, ball games, birthdays, pool parties, feeding the chickens, gathering eggs, and enjoying the acreage. The grandkids were a source of great joy for him. He enjoyed teasing them, sharing jokes and teaching them. The whole family was able to take a vacation in June 2025 to Branson for some good family time that we will cherish forever. As we were sitting on the back deck together this fall, Randy told us he was blessed with the best family ever!! The last year and a half, the family came together in strength, love, and support for Randy. He will be greatly missed. A rosary will be held at 5:30pm on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Elkhorn with a visitation to follow from 6:00-7:30pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at Dowd Chapel, 13943 Dowd Dr, Boys Town, NE 68010. Memorials may be directed to Randy's family for trees to be planted in his honor, to Prader-Willi research at fpwr.org, or to Brain Cancer Research Fund #01133650 at the University of Nebraska Foundation, P.O. Box 82555, Lincoln NE 68501-2555. Please make checks payable to the NU Foundation, include on the memo line or enclosed note that the gift is in memory of Randy and provide the fund name and number. Please visit https://nufoundation.org/fund/01133650/ to make an online gift.

Randall L. Hassler

September 23, 1956 - October 4, 2025