Melbalene "Mrs. B" Belknap, age 95, of Sherrodsville, Ohio, passed away Friday morning, February14, 2025 in the New Dawn Healthcare Center at Dover in the company of her family.
She was born September 6, 1929 in Jerrys Run in Wood County, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Orville Hobson and Sarah Elizabeth (Anderson) Conrad. Her first husband, Clayton J. Belknap, died October 5, 1976. In addition to her parents and first husband, she was preceded in death by her second husband, Al Snyder, a son Rodney J. Belknap, two brothers, Orville Conrad and Eugene Conrad, sisters Bernice Caldwell and Lenita "Jean" Henry, and an infant sister, Leona Conrad.
Melbalene owned and operated "Mrs. B's" Pre-School out of her home in Sherrodsville for many years. She found great joy in the company of young children and she helped create a positive foundation in the lives of many area young people who recall her fondly. She recently attended the Preach the Word Ministries Church in New Philade

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