Clella Hoit

Clella Miriam (Schultze) Newbrough Hoit passed away peacefully on November 4, 2021, just two weeks shy of her 97th birthday.

Clella was born in Dallas Center, Iowa to Frederick and Irene Schultze. Her and her family moved to the family farm in Adel, Iowa, when she was one year old. She graduated from Adel High School and went on to Drake University to get her teaching certificate. In 1945, she married the love of her life, Ralph Newbrough, after his return from his stint in the European Theatre. Together they had two daughters.

Besides teaching for eight years in the Dallas County Schools, Clella operated a home day care, owned and operated a steakhouse, and was bookkeeper for three businesses, including Glass & Sons Electric in Johnston. Then after she and Ralph retired to Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas, she managed the country club, until they moved to Colorado to be near their daughters. When Ralph died in 1986, she returned to the country club in Horseshoe Bend, where she met and married her second love, Clarence Junior Hoit. They moved to Mesa, Arizona and eventually settled back in Colorado. They were married almost 25 years when Clarence passed away.

Clella led a rich, productive life and loved to travel the world, her favorite place of all was Hawaii. She was a loving, caring spirit that touched a multitude of lives, and her family and friends meant the world to her.

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Ralph E. Newbrough and Clarence J Hoit, daughter, Linda Newbrough, parents, Frederick and Irene Schultze, brothers, Robert, Russell, and Larry Schultze, sister, Margaret Storm. She will be greatly missed by those she leaves behind, her daughter, Marla Newbrough Bell (Timothy), four grandchildren, Mark Bell (Susan), Jeffrey Bell (Brandy), Tiffany Bell Lopo (Andrew), and Aaron Bell (Lourdes), seven great-grandchildren, Connor Bell, Brendan Bell, Benjamin Lopo, Samuel Lopo, Sofia Bell, Ethan Bell, and Joseph Lopo, three step-daughters, Jeri Saltzman Cox (Charlie), Jackie Kaufman (Don), and Janet Alderman, her brother, Jack Schultze from Van Meter, IA, and her sister, Francis Updike from Woodward, IA.

A Memorial Service will be held on November 20th at the Church of Latter Day Saints, 1939 E Easter Ave, Centennial, at 10:00 a.m.. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Animal Rescue League of Iowa, Inc.