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Cherished Friend, Daughter, Sister, Cousin, and Niece

Claire deVroede 鈥�22

March 28, 2025

Claire was a cherished friend, daughter, sister, cousin, and niece who lived with deep care—for her family, friends, community, and the planet. A passionate reader and music lover, she found joy in language and culture, leading to her fluency in Hebrew and Bahasa Indonesia.

Claire and her twin brother, Hunter, were born in Berkeley in 2000. She attended Beach Elementary, Piedmont Middle, and Piedmont High, where she cocaptained the varsity volleyball team and was named second-team all-league. Her classmates voted her “Most Chill.”

After high school, Claire traveled through Europe, Hong Kong, and Indonesia before enrolling at Reed (and studying nine months at Hebrew University in Jerusalem). At Reed, she was on the debate team and Judicial Board, helping uphold the college’s Honor Principle.

Claire’s senior thesis, “A Comparative Study of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report and the Qur’an,” was written with advising by Professor Michael Foat [religion and humanities]. It explored how the Qur’an motivates moral action, in contrast with the clinical language of climate science—and has been cited in nearly 40 published papers.

In 2022, Claire graduated with a double major in religion and political science. She briefly worked at the Portland law firm Samuels Yoelin Kantor before continuing her travels, living abroad on an organic farm near Amsterdam, then in Berlin.

Claire later returned to the Bay Area for a CivicSpark fellowship, focusing on public policy for residential electrification. She presented to city councils and spoke at conferences and at colleges, including Stanford. Afterward, she joined Faith in Action East Bay as a political organizer, championing quality-of-life issues in Oakland, particularly around gun violence and illegal dumping.

Remembered for her wisdom, goofy absentmindedness, and intellectual brilliance, Claire had a fierce, insistent empathy for others. She is survived by her parents, Baener Lucas and Peter deVroede, and her twin brother, Hunter.

Appeared in Reed magazine: Spring 2026