Cultural Considerations in Funeral/Burial Planning

Molly Gleason-Kodama is a long-time resident of the Trails neighborhood in Lafayette. She and her husband, David, two Jack Russell Terriers and her birds, live in one of the two properties in the parking lot of Las Trampas School for the Developmentally Disabled. Molly has been a passionate supporter of Las Trampas and lobbied hard to help get the renovation and rebuild approved. Before that, Molly owned a home off of Reliez Valley Road near the Martinez border from 2004 to 2009. She also rented on Brook Street back in the late ’90s. Molly was born and raised in San Francisco and fell in love with Lafayette the first time she ever came here. She says she kept coming back because she couldn’t stay away.

For eight years, Molly was the Marketing Director at Aegis Moraga and attended the Foundation’s Senior Symposium each year. Molly changed careers recently (after going back to school while she was working full-time and obtaining a degree in mortuary science) she became an Advanced Planning Advisor at Oakmont Memorial Park in Lafayette.