Gavin Cunha Drucker

9/17/1995 to 11/23/2024

Our beloved Gavin Cunha Drucker passed away on November 23 rd, 2024. He is

survived by his parents Douglas Drucker, and Gloria Cunha Drucker, his sister Natalie

Drucker, a loving extended family, and many friends. He will be remembered as a

brilliant person, a shining star full of light, and as a loving man with exceptional abilities.

Gavin attended Almaden Country School, Bellarmine College Preparatory, and the

University of California, Santa Barbara for the mechanical engineering program. He

was a beautiful and perfect little boy who always had a smile. He was inventive,

creative, kind, loyal and joyful. He loved building things, he was an avid Lego

enthusiast, who later developed an extensive interest in robotics. In middle school, his

Lego robotics team was selected to attend the international competition in Atlanta,

Georgia. He became a wonderful and unique young man.

Gavin was an incredible and gifted scholar. He was selected to be the valedictorian

speaker at his middle school graduation. He quoted Marianne Williamson, “Our

deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful

beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask

ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you

not to be?” He was a National Merit Scholar at Bellarmine. He was on the Bellarmine

robotics team. Gavin graduated with a 4.2 GPA from Bellarmine.

Gavin’s love of learning made him a stunningly excellent student. In particular, he was

truly exceptional in math and science. He had a perfect 800 SAT math score. He was

never one to brag, he was humble, yet always pushed himself to excel. He was a Virgo,

always meticulous, precise and exact. Even as a young boy he was organized, and

approached problem solving in a well thought out manner. As a young man, he did his

math homework neatly in ink. He would do advanced math problems for fun. He

always seemed to be a joyful student, enjoying and relishing the process of learning.

School was his passion, a playground for his well-developed mind.

He loved athletics and played many sports. He was a great teammate, a passionate

competitor, and always strove to improve himself in everything he did. He played for

the Almaden Little League. He was on eight-man crew for the Los Gatos Rowing Club.

He played Lacrosse for the Vipers. As a young boy he played with a fierce

determination, a bold and fearless approach to competition. He was a true warrior, and

always found a way to accomplish what he set out to do. As he grew older, he

maintained his fierceness, his determination, and added discipline and hard work to his

repertoire. His will to succeed was impressive, and he became the athlete he always

wanted to be. At the end of practices, he was the kid that went up to the coaches and

thanked them for practice. He was a team player, devoted to his teammates, and

always was one of the loudest voices cheering others on.

Our love for Gavin is timeless. It is abundantly clear that Gavin is and will always be an

incredible gift for us. We feel deeply blessed to have him in our lives. Gavin’s name

comes from the Welsh, it means white hawk. It is the name of Sir Gawain of Arthurian

legend, a knight of the Round Table. We chose the name as it refers to a man who is

strong, noble, pure of mind, body and spirit. Gawain was a champion of justice, of

goodness and faith. Gavin more than lived up to his name, he surpassed all of our

expectations with grace and courage.

Gavin will be remembered as a loving son, brother, cousin, nephew, teammate, friend,

student, and so many other things. Gavin unexpectedly passed on 11/23/2024 due to a

pulmonary embolism that led to cardiac arrest. He loved life and fought to stay here

with us to the end. His glowing memory fills the vast void of his physical departure. On

white wings, he soars in heaven.

The family requests no gifts. Donations can be made to Hunger At Home.