City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremation
Obituary
Linda Spillane Steinmetz
Raleigh, North Carolina
Age 77.
Died 05/12/2025.
Linda was born in New York City in the summer of 1947 to Maurice John Spillane and Laura Elizabeth Spillane (nee Carmody). She grew up in New York City and Long Island, surrounded by a loving, eclectic extended Irish-American family. (Despite spending decades in the Carolinas, Linda never lost her NY accent.)
In the early 1970s Linda married Bill Steinmetz. They spent 43 happy years together, until his death in 2016. Linda and Bill eventually chose to move to the South where they and their daughter Alixe restored a home in Abbeville, SC, which they then operated as The Painted Lady Bed & Breakfast. In Abbeville and Greenwood, Linda and Bill were thrilled to provide the quintessential small town upbringing for their daughter, who biked to the library and climbed the two story magnolia tree out front.
In 2017, Linda moved to Raleigh to be closer to Alixe and her family. Recently, Linda's proudest and most fulfilled moments were the times she spent with her grandson, especially hosting ‘date nights’ every Friday, where the two of them laughed, told stories, watched too much TV, ate quite well, and truly enjoyed each other’s company.
Linda loved talking to people and regaling them with stories, and she was a good listener, too. As a secretary at Abbeville High School (SC), she became a confidante of students, parents, and coworkers, alike. In anything, she was also the best possible advocate to have on your side. She had a wonderfully wry sense of humor and a quick wit, much of which might have passed along to her cherished grandson during their date nights.
Linda is survived by her daughter, Alixe, Alixe’s husband, Andrew Gonce, and their son, Linda's beloved grandson.
Linda loved animals over her long life, caring for a several dogs (including a mastiff and a handful of Old English Sheepdogs), a number of cats, a raccoon named Rick-Rack, a squirrel named Wagner, and several turtles. Linda is also survived by Daylily, her pet turtle of nearly 40 years, and her Old English Sheepdog and companion extraordinaire, Kirby. In lieu of flowers, she would be thrilled if her memory helped support the ASPCA (aspca.org). If you’d like to reach out to Linda’s family directly, her daughter can be reached at steinmetz.alixe@gmail.com.
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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.