City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremation
Obituary
Kim Shaw
Raleigh, North Carolina
Age 64.
Died 09/12/2025.
She was a beloved mother and grandmother who showed nothing but unconditional love to her family. She found so much joy in simple things that centered around family, like holiday gatherings, shared meals, long chatty car rides, baking cookies with her granddaughters, and recounting memories of her own cherished parents.
A lifelong educator, Kim first taught school children in Arkansas and then in North Carolina, before retiring in 2019 after 30 years. She was a tireless advocate for reading and devoted innumerable class hours to reading aloud to her students, entertaining them endlessly with her character interpretations and imaginative voices. Countless students and teachers remember “Mrs. Shaw” as a teacher, role-model, friend, mentor, librarian, jokester, and all-around impactful human being.
Kim was incredibly kind, patient, loving and devoted. She developed lifelong friendships starting from a young age, and held those special friendships most dear to her heart. Kim loved to celebrate milestones and accomplishments and will forever be remembered as a cheerleader for those she loved and cared for.
Kim was a breast cancer survivor, and volunteered her time with local Relay for Life events along with her teacher friends before and after her recovery.
Kim held many passions and interests outside of her family and work, including singing in the church choir, arts and crafts like cross-stitch, but enjoyed being at the beach most of all. The earthly experience of feeling the sun, the sand, the waves, and the wind replenished her soul.
She is survived by her husband of 42 years, David N. Shaw, her son, David A. Shaw and his wife Meredith Shaw, her daughter, Erin Shaw and her husband Theodore Teran, and two grand-daughters who enjoyed every moment they spent with their beloved Nanny. She is also survived by her sister Caron Rogers and nephew Brad Rogers.
Kim departed this world quietly, leaving behind a life of devotion lived in service of her family, her friendships, and her students. Saying that ‘she will be missed’ is an understatement.
To honor Kim, the family asks that you grab your favorite book and read it aloud to someone you love. Extra credit if that person is a child and you use a silly voice.
A memorial service will be held at 1pm on Saturday, September 27th at Woodland Baptist Church in Woodland, NC.
We love you, dearly, Mom.
For additional information or for service details, please reach out to the family directly.
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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.
Simply having to reach out to a funeral home can feel overwhelming. Our goal is to simplify the entire funeral home experience and make the process as easy as possible. We hope to eliminate any unnecessary surprises by publishing our total cost and the services we provide directly on our website. All of our obituaries are provided free of charge as a way to help families celebrate and commemorate the lives of their loved ones.
Our Promise
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.
$1596.75
City of Oaks Funeral Home and Cremation provides an affordable cremation with a private family viewing. A private family viewing allows up to 10 immediate family members or friends to spend time with a loved one when a public visitation is not preferred.
$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.