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grandchildren, Jonah 
Kelman, Elinor Kelman, 
Samantha and Jeff Friedman, 
Justin Kelman, and Jack 
Kelman; brothers-in-law 
and sisters-in-law, David 
and Bernie Ruskin, and Dr. 
Harvey and Laurie Ruskin; 
many loving nieces, neph-
ews, cousins and friends. 
Mr. Kelman was the 
beloved husband for 62 years 
of the late Naomi Kelman; 
the cherished father of the 
late Jay Robert Kelman; the 
loving brother of the late 
David and the late Lillian 
Kelman. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to a charity of 
one’s choice. Arrangements by 
Ira Kaufman Chapel. 

JOEL C. RIFKIN, 
67, of Sarasota, 
Fla., died Sept. 7, 
2021. 
He leaves his 
beloved wife, 
Yadira Gonzalez-Mendez; 
her children, Jhozua Balleri 
Gonzalez, Kembly Mendoza 
Gonzalez and Krisbel 
Mendoza Gonzalez. He is 
also survived by his sister 
and brother-in-law, Debby 
and Barry Rosen; nieces and 
nephews, Shari and Adam 
Schwarzwald, and Aaron and 
Kelsey Rosen, great-niece, 
Elyse Rosen. 
Interment was at Clover 
Hill Park Cemetery. 
Contributions may be made 
to Jewish National Fund, 42 
E. 69th St., New York, NY 

10021, jnf.org; Friends of 
the IDF, Michigan Chapter, 
P.O. Box 999, Walled Lake, 
MI 48390, fidf.org/donate; 
or to a charity of one’s 
choice. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

RICHARD ALLAN 
RUZUMNA, 86, of 
Birmingham, died 
Sept. 21, 2021. 
A devoted 
physician and 
loving father and grandfather, 
Richard was an esteemed psy-
chiatrist and highly regarded 
psychoanalyst. In his final 
days, he was comforted by his 
close family.
Born March 8, 1935, 
Richard was the second child 
of Alex and Lillian Ruzumna 

and grew up with his older 
brother, Donald, in Detroit. 
His father was a clothier, 
and Richard spent many 
days of his youth working 
in his father’s store. Though 
his brother remained in the 
family business, Richard was 
intent on building a career in 
medicine. 
He graduated from the 
University of Michigan with 
a bachelor of arts in history 
and received his medical doc-
tor degree from Wayne State 
Medical School in 1961. He 
served his country faithful-
ly in the U.S. Public Health 
Service in Washington, D.C., 
during the Vietnam War.
Other than his residen-
cy and time in the service, 
Richard lived his entire life 

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