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Pearl A. Gamradt

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Pearl A. Gamradt, age 75, of Melrose, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes on July 29, 2025, at her home in Melrose, Minnesota.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 8 at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre. Visitation will be from 9 to11 a.m. with a prayer service following, officiated by Ralph Revermann. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Sauk Centre following the prayer service.
Pearl Ann was born August 11, 1949 in Melrose, Minnesota to Leander Korte and Lillian (Kean) Korte. She graduated from St. Cloud Tech in 1967 and was a member of the aquatics team. She lived as a resident in Melrose, Fargo, St. Cloud, Twin Cities and Sauk Centre. She married Albert E. Gamradt, of Sauk Centre, on Oct. 14, 1972 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre.
In her lifetime, she worked as an executive secretary, a nurse’s aide, owned and operated a used store, waitressed at Trucker’s Inn, dispatched for Sauk Centre Police Department, gas station clerk at Trucker’s Inn, and finally an Office Administrative Specialist before retirement. Her passions included being a published poet, pianist, singer, florist, gardener, crocheter, refurbisher, ceramics painter, and digital scrap booker. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and sister who was beautiful, clever, quick-witted, smart, endlessly creative, strong-willed, and nurturing.
She is survived by her four children: son, Wayne (Char) Gamradt of Long Prairie, and children, Hagen (Abbey), Ariana (Zach) Miller [children: Jettson, Roy, Della], Oren (Logan), Nora (Kellen), Elyse; daughter, Melissa (Jay) Knopik of Melrose, and children Lyneah, Aliyah; son, Jeff (Stephanie) Gamradt of Sauk Centre, and children Logan (Breanna), Connor, Carter; son, Brent (Amy) Gamradt, Paynesville, and children Blake, Abby (Jacob); sisters: Jan Burlet of Sauk Centre and Marion Schmitz of Foley; brothers: Dennis Korte of Sauk Centre and Duane Korte of St. Cloud.
Preceded in death by her loving husband, Albert; her parents; sisters Geraldine Moening and Lidia Stang; nephew Eric Schmitz; grandbaby Gamradt; mother and father-in-law Earl and Alvina Gamradt, and brother-in-law Gary Gamradt.
Urn bearer will be her grandson, Hagen Gamradt; cross bearer granddaughter, Lyneah Knopik; and scripture bearer grandson, Logan Gamradt.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral and Cremation Services of Sauk Centre.