Editing Hal Ashby (section)

==Early life and education==
Ashby was born September 2, 1929, in [[Ogden, Utah]], the youngest of four siblings born to [[Mormons|Mormon]] parents Eileen Ireta (née Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, a [[Dairy farming|dairy farm]] owner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/155205190/Being-Hal-Ashby|title=Being Hal Ashby–Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences–Kentucky|website=Scribd.com|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name=byu>{{cite web|work=[[Mormon Literature & Creative Arts]]|title=Hal Ashby|publisher=[[Brigham Young University]]|url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/people/hal-ashby/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210502191941/https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/people/hal-ashby/|archive-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref> Ashby's parents divorced in 1936, after which his father remarried.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|p=10}}

Following the divorce, Ashby and his siblings lived with their mother, briefly in [[Logan, Utah]], before relocating to [[Portland, Oregon]], where his elder brother took a job in the timber industry.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|p=10}} His mother, a cooking enthusiast, opened a restaurant in Portland.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|p=10}} After several years in Portland, the family returned to Ogden, where Ashby primarily lived with his father.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|pages=10–13}} When Ashby was 12 years old, his father committed [[suicide]].{{sfn|Dawson|2009|pages=12–13}}