Randy Haag

March 17, 1950 - November 30, 2017

Randy Haag was born in Chicago, Illinois March 17, 1950 to Ralph and Lorna Haag (now deceased). He was raised mostly in Palos Park, a southwest suburb of Chicago. Palos has many forest preserves and he spent a lot of time as a child in the woods, and in the winter, ice skating on the ponds. He is survived by his brothers and sisters: Linda, Roger & Nora, Rhonda and Ron & Joyce Haag; and his wife of 37 years, Gail Haag. In his early years, he was an excellent baseball player and could pitch no-hit games, and he also was really good at shooting pool and played in tournaments. Gail and Randy met at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park. They dated off and on when he was attending the University of Illinois studying Mechanical Engineering. In 1972, he was working at a local lumberyard in Palos Park when Gail told him she was moving to Colorado. He decided to give her a ride to help her move and never looked back. He loved Colorado, and returned to Chicago only to visit and retrieve his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He moved in with Gail and got a job as a mechanic at a local Harley shop. He eventually started his own Harley repair business, V-Twin Motors. After a while he merged with A Righteous Ride, where he was co-owner until he passed away. He was good at restoring old Harleys and won a trophy for it. Although he was passionate about Harley motorcycles and repair, he became a fanatical bicycle rider and rode his bicycle (with Harley saddle bags mounted on the back) to and from work 12 miles every day - rain or snow didn't stop him. Gail and Randy purchased mountain property near Red Feather and spent as much time as possible getting away to the small hunter's cabin he built with his brother and friends. He enjoyed being a "mountain man" at heart staying in the off-the-grid cabin, cooking on fires, going for long hikes and he could cut wood all day with his chainsaw and not grow tired. Randy was a quiet, introspective, philosophical man. He was honest and loyal. He was eccentric and rebellious about most social norms and didn't care much about having money or material things except collecting antique motorcycle parts. He could fix almost anything that broke whenever he got around to it. A memorial service will be held at Moser Funeral Service, 3501 S. 11th S. 11th Avenue in Evans on Sunday, Dec. 31st (Gail and Randy's anniversary) at 10:00 am. There will be a gathering afterward at Lit'L Bit Bar and Grill (3620 35th Ave., Evans).