Randall Gary "Randy" Sept

1950 - 2026

"Rodeo Randy"

Randy passed away on January 21 after a short battle with cancer. He was born on September 11, 1950, in Wolf Point, MT. He grew up in Watkins, MT, on the family ranch. He attended grade school in Brockway and graduated from Circle High School and Dawson college. Randy was in the National Guard from 1971-1977. One of his joys in life was softball and he played it wherever he went.

Randy was always searching for his next adventure. He attended College at MSU for 2 years studying agronomy. He later went to work for the SCS office in Circle. His next adventure was selling insurance for Bankers Life and Casualty, which he excelled in. His next change was moving to Minneapolis MN, attending Brown Institute School of Broadcasting, thus, always becoming a favorite part of his occupations. He also became a Stockbroker while living in Minneapolis. In 1983 an opportunity presented itself to move to Las Vegas where he combined his love of sports, his on-air talents, and a career in finance, that he did for several years. Among Randy's broadcasting accomplishments are, he did play-by-play for various softball tournaments held in Las Vegas, where he was given the moniker, the voice of softball.

He also hosted the nationally syndicated "Softball this Week" talk show which aired on the IBN radio network. He was then hired by the first national all sport talk radio network SEN that originated from Las Vegas hosting the very popular show "The Potpourri of Sports." In addition, Rodeo Randy hosted the first two-hour national radio rodeo special produced by SEN during the National Finals Rodeo. Randy changed the name of his show originally called "The Rodeo Roundup Show" to coincide with all his fans and friends calling him "Rodeo Randy". "It just made sense to go with the flow," stated Randy. He interviewed many of the world champions and got a chance to meet them at the press room at the national finals rodeo. Randy also made a segment with ESPNRODEO on their website called Rodeo Spotlight SEN production was sold and moved its operations to Chicago. Randy chose to stay in Las Vegas to pursue various business interests. He was a limousine driver for several years and got to chauffeur a few movie stars and professional sports players. He later moved back "home" to Montana. He co-owned and managed a roll your own tobacco store in Glendive. He later sold that and started a career in trucking. Lastly, he moved to Miles City, where he helped his brother Kevin with trucking, driving limousine, and party buses. He worked at 92.3 FM radio station for a short time, selling ads and doing live interviews at various events. Randy started and co-owned Yellowstone Valley Radio on 107.7 FM in Miles City. He also worked at the VFW in Miles City and volunteered for the Veterans. The last few summers kept him busy filling fire retardant in aircraft tankers that helped put out fires across the state.

Throughout all of Randy's accomplishments, whether it being his own boss or working as an employee he always was there to give 110% to get the job done. He was proud of his Montana roots and never hesitated to let people know where he came from. He was a risk taker to a certain degree, a free spirit, a thoughtful person, and generous to people that would help him if they needed anything! Past time activity included a lot of sports, and he had a Steel trap of a memory when it came to remembering players, games, and events. He'd like to wager a little on games to make it interesting, often saying, "If you don't play, you don't win! "

Randy was preceded in death by his grandma Mary Sept, his father Herb Sept, his mother Beatrice Sept, and sister-in-law Shirley Sept.

He is survived by his sister Sandra (Preston) Rea of Picayunne, MS. Sister Linda (Leslie) Kassner of Glendive, MT, brother Darwin of Shepherd, MT, brother Darrell (Sarah) of Billings MT, brother Kevin (Jody) of Miles City, MT.

A celebration of life will be held at the VFW in Miles City on January 30th from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. A meal will be provided. Randall "Randy" Gary Sept