City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremation
Obituary
Peter Sanader
Raleigh, North Carolina
Age 70.
Died 02/20/2022.
Peter was born in Mornington, VIC on Sunday, November 4, 1951 to Danilo and Tamara (Bachurina) Sanader. His father was from Croatia and his mother from Ukraine had immigrated by ship from a Nazi labor camp in Germany to Australia after WW II. Peter graduated from Mornington Secondary College in 1969. After working short-term for different employers, Peter eventually settled into his well-accomplished profession as a reporter for Leader Community Newspapers on the Mornington Peninsula, covering specifically horse racing, cricket and football. He was a multi award-winning print and broadcast sports journalist. For eight years, Peter also had his own sports talk host radio broadcast each Saturday. He became a real legend, admired and greatly loved by all who knew him.
Peter and Cindy shared a most fascinating and unique story of how they connected thousands of miles away online via a Christian website which provided meeting global pen pals, both single and married. They first met on their mutual birthday, were pen pals for four and a half years while their romance blossomed and soon after married on Sunday, May 1, 2011. Peter's American dream was fulfilled although Cindy had never encouraged him to relocate. She became very instrumental in Peter finding and accepting Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, whom he had been seeking his lifetime. Peter and Cindy shared common interests together in horse racing and football, especially the Kentucky Derby and Melbourne Cup Horse Races and watching countless college football teams. However, Peter forever continued to monitor his favorite AU Carlton Football team Down Under. Together, Peter and Cindy forever enjoyed listening to the Bee Gees music, "First of May" and "How Deep Is Your Love" became momentous personal favorites. During his near eleven-year U.S. residency, Peter was privileged to visit eighteen states, especially enjoyed visiting Cindy's home state of Michigan and seeing four of the five Great Lakes. He also shared pleasant times at North Carolina beaches viewing the Atlantic Ocean and breathing in the sea salt air. The addition of Gracie (for Amazing Grace), a very sweet Miniature Schnauzer puppy in 2015, two months after he became a naturalized U.S. citizen, completed their little family and she became his beloved pride and joy, his 'first daughter' whom he absolutely adored.
In his final days, Peter shared his life had been fulfilled, that he had accomplished everything he had ever desired during his lifetime.
Preceding Peter in death were his parents, oldest brother, Niki Sanader and younger brother, Danny Sanader.
Peter is survived by his beloved wife, Cindy of the home whom he affectionately called his Matilda; his precious fur baby daughter, Gracie; Cindy's two children: son, Trevor Dodds of Coralville, IA and daughter, Megan Ryan (Jeff) of Summerville, SC; Granddaughters, Ashley, Addison, Alexa, and Adaline Ryan; paternal aunt, five girl cousins, half-sister, nephew, and niece all of Croatia; and many friends and mates.
Special acknowledgement, much love and deep appreciation is extended to Delia and Pat English, Ruth and Wayne McDonell, Teri Jakovac, neighbor David Tinch, Dick Heinz, Liz and Paul Duncan and countless Aussie mates for their ongoing gestures and expressions of love, support and prayers during these past ten months.
Much gratitude and endless thanks goes to all the outstanding and God-sent staff members from Transitions Life Care - Hospice in Raleigh, North Carolina for their ongoing assistance, compassionate care giving and multiple services to both Peter and Cindy, even Gracie.
No funeral or memorial service is planned. Private burial will take place later.
If desired, contributions in remembrance of Peter Sanader can be sent to 1) Transitions Life Care - Hospice in Raleigh, NC, 2) BBN Radio or 3) the American Cancer Society.
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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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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.
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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.
$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.
$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.
$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.