Christianson Jeffrey (C.J.) Knipper, 18, was born in Irving, Texas and lived in Grapevine, Texas his entire life. He attended Heritage Elementary School, Cross Timbers Middle School (CTMS), and Grapevine High School (GHS). He was inducted into the National Honor Society and played football, basketball, tennis, and ran cross country at CTMS. At GHS he made the varsity golf team as a freshman and finished the season as one of their top 5 players. He was active in the DECA club at GHS and qualified for the state DECA competition in 2018 and 2019. C.J. had plans to attend college at Oklahoma University after his upcoming senior year at GHS.
C.J. was a beautiful kid whose varied interests included fashion. He designed clothes and used his entrepreneurial spirit to sell the clothes he designed online. His fashion sense was admired by a large Instagram audience, friends, and family. C.J. was a cherished friend to classmates who loved him for his smile, positivity, and compassion.
C.J.’s family adored his smile, wit, creativity, motivation, among many other talents. C.J. will be missed everyday by his Dad, Jeff Knipper, his Mom, Susan, his younger brother Joe, his grandparents, Jim and Joan Knipper, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. C.J. is preceded in death by grandparents, Armand and Betty Frank.
A celebration of life memorial service will be held at the Grapevine Golf Course Event Center at 2:00- 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 8th.
If you wish donations to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in honor of C.J. can be made at: https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=1997484
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