City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremation
Obituary
Nancy Siehl Foulds
Cary, North Carolina
Age 90.
Died 01/10/2025.
Nancy bravely faced the significant changes presented to her by Alzheimer’s disease, and although her ability to communicate declined, her love of family, friends, and her companion cat, Franny, always showed through. She greatly missed her husband, Ron, when he entered his eternal rest in the spring of 2024. They had been married for 64 years.
Nancy was a high school teacher in the Pittsburg area before marriage, and an adjunct professor at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland while raising her family. As an empty nester, she used her administrative skills at a position that supported the VP of Clinical Research for Boehringer Mannheim Pharmaceuticals, a job she really enjoyed and found fascinating.
Although happy in the work force, Nancy considered her most important achievement to be raising her family at home for 25 years and watching them become successful loving adults with careers and families of their own. She adored all 9 of her grandchildren and lived to see two great grandchildren and the marriage of her eldest granddaughter.
Nancy and Ron greatly enjoyed their involvement with Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church.
They were active participants in the senior VIPS group through which they volunteered in the community, especially at the local soup kitchen. They also participated in service trips, including one assisting those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. They formed many deep friendships and loved their church community.
Nancy had a spirit of adventure and loved to travel. This began with a trip to Europe with a group of girlfriends before she was married. They traveled over by boat, bought a car, and visited many counties. That was bold for her time! She shared that love of travel with her husband, Ron, and together they traveled much of the world enjoying other cultures and experiences while always bringing back a much-treasured gift for each grandchild.
Nancy will be remembered for her enduring friendships, delight in travel, hospitality, outstanding organization (a blessing to many), and faithful service to others for her Lord. Her children will remember her as an exceptional grandparent who always planned fun and enriching experiences to share with her grandchildren. She modeled grandparenting well for us, and we can only hope to emulate her.
She will be deeply missed by her children Judy Paulson (Walt), Doug Foulds (Jodi), Kathy Foulds (Ben), and grandchildren Andy, Abby (Isaac), Kelsey, Jonathan, David (Rachel), Ava, Chloe, Natalie, Leah, and great grandchildren Emery and Yarik.
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City of Oaks Cremation and Funeral Home is a full-service funeral home in Raleigh, serving all of North Carolina and beyond. We provide an alternative to costly funeral homes and every day we help families in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and all over North Carolina make simple, affordable funeral arrangements.
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Apples to Apples
Just like all other licensed funeral homes in North Carolina, City of Oaks Cremation, LLC is regulated by the NC Board of Funeral Service.
The same laws that apply to the big corporate funeral homes also apply to the modest independently owned firms like ours. All crematories in North Carolina, regardless of who owns them, are inspected annually by the state and must adhere to the same rules and laws.
Genuine Care
We're committed to providing families within our community unsurpassed service before, during and after the time of loss.
Our staff will provide clear communication to your family through each step as we move forward from the original phone call notifying us of a death to the time we deliver the urn back to your family. We will treat your family with the utmost respect, as we honor the wishes of your loved one.
We promise to make this process affordable and as endurable as possible.
State Wide
Our Funeral Home is located in Wake County NC; however, we provide our services to families throughout the entire State.
Unlike other funeral homes, we don't charge an additional mileage fee. Regardless of what county you live in, we can help your family with making simple, affordable funeral arrangements. From Asheville to Wilmington, we're proud to help families statewide.
Our Services
$1196.75
Nobody likes surprise costs added in at the last minute. We guarantee you will not find any hidden charges here. We include everything you need for a simple or direct cremation. Simple, affordable and reliable. We have not changed the cost of our direct cremation service since we opened City of Oaks in 2012.
$2875.66
We offer the option of choosing how you receive your loved ones remains. Selecting our Direct Cremation with Solidified Remains option is a beautiful way to transform cremated remains into 40-60 “stones” that you can hold.
$1917.84
City of Oaks Funeral Home and Cremation provides an affordable cremation option with onsite visitation. Nobody likes surprise costs added in at the last minute. We guarantee you will not find any hidden charges here. Simple, affordable and reliable.
$2497.50
An immediate burial has the same end result as a traditional burial; however, we have eliminated the extra (sometimes unnecessary) services prior to getting to the cemetery. Not everyone wants an open casket for viewing or a limousine for the family. Despite the term immediate, we can move as fast as you need or as slow as you like. This option simply allows you to save money by eliminating some of the fancy extras at the funeral home.
$6081.48
We offer the same traditional funeral services as the big corporately owned funeral homes in the area; however, we cost about half the amount. You might consider a traditional funeral service if your family is looking for an open casket visitation, a traditional church service or a funeral service in the funeral home's chapel. A traditional funeral service can be altered to fit the needs of your family.
$3033.75
This establishment is one of a select number of funeral homes who meet the criteria for providing green funeral service by the Green Burial Council; a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization working to encourage environmentally sustainability in the field of funeral service. Our Green options allow for a funeral to take place without the use of toxic and non-biodegradable materials/chemicals.
$2640.59
As an alternative to traditional cremation, City of Oaks Funeral Home also offers Aquamation. The Aquamation process, often referred to as alkaline hydrolysis, uses a solution of water and potassium hydroxide to facilitate natural decomposition.