Ashley Oothoudt Ashley Ray Oothoudt, 78, was born on October 22nd, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA to Mardelle (Longley) and Erling Oothoudt. He passed away peacefully on April 20th, at his home in Moorhead, MN. Ashley spent his formative years in Randall, MN, along with his brother, Tom, and sisters, Melodie and Sally. He attended grade school in Randall and graduated from Little Falls High School in 1960. In his youth, Ashley enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing town baseball, and hockey on the river. In 1962, he joined the Air Force where he served four years as an air-to-air missile technician. After being discharged in 1966, Ashley stayed in Washington State and worked for the Washington Air National Guard in Spokane and then the Boeing Company in Seattle. It was during his time in Washington that Ashley’s greatest pride entered his life, his son Brian.