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Amos Rinks, Jr.
Born: 8/29/1942
Died: 4/20/2026
Age: 83
Community: Clio, MI
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Rinks, Amos- of Clio, formerly of Mt. Morris, age 83, passed away on Monday morning April 20, 2026, Amos Rinks passed away peacefully with family by his side while in home hospice care.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, April 25 2026 at the Mt. Morris Church of Christ, 1262 South St., Mt. Morris MI 48458, Minister Jim Watson officiating.
Visitation will be held from 2-4pm and 6-8pm Friday April 24 2026 at Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Rd. Flint. Visitation at 10am Saturday until the time of service at the church.
Burial in Great Lakes National Cemetery
Amos was born August 29th, 1942, in Little Rock Arkansas. He was the son of Amos, and Mary Rinks.
Amos grew up in Flint MI, where he attended Flint Central High School. He later enlisted in the Army and became a parachuter in the 82nd Airborne. He served part of his time in Korea. After his time in the armed service, he married the love of his life, Janice Nations, on November 17th, 1962, and they were married for almost 63 years before Janice passed away 6 months prior to him.
Amos was well known for his tradesmanship. He was a heavy equipment welder for C.J. Rogers Construction for approximately 10 yrs. before being employed with General Motors until he retired many years later. He served GM as a maintenance welder and later as a millwright by title.
Amos was very talented, known most notably for making quality furniture and hunting knives. He always built very impressive pieces of furniture made to last the test of time. Many of his friends still have a knife made by his hands. They too were heavy duty and made to last.
Amos was a sports fan. He loved the Detroit Tigers and Lions. He loved going to his children and grandchildren’s games.
Amos was a devoted member of the Mt. Morris Church of Christ, where he worshiped with most of his family by his side.
He is survived by his 5 children: Amos (Mary Ellen) Rinks, Dana (Brian) Goode, Mike (Kim) Rinks, Mary (Nick) Kurish, and Seth (Heather) Rinks. He is also survived by 23 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Amos is also survived by his sisters Mary MacLeish and Natalie (Shirley) Lucero.
He was preceded in death by his sister Virginia Trimble. Also preceding him was his newborn child named Faith Hope Rinks and grandchild Garrett Freeman.
The Rinks family would like to thank Absolute Hospice and caregiver Leah Hill for their compassion, and, end of life care for our father.
Your condolences may be shared with the family at swartzfuneralhomeinc.com
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4/24/2026 |
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2:00 PM |
| Visitation will be held from 2-4pm and 6-8pm Friday April 24 2026 at Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Rd. Flint. Visitation at 10am Saturday until the time of service at the church. |
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| Funeral Service |
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4/25/2026 |
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11:00 AM |
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Mt. Morris Church of Christ
1262 South Street
Mt. Morris, MI 48458Get a Map to this location...
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Minister Jim Watson |
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