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Inwood, W. Va., Lawrence
and Lisa Ring of Canton;
daughters and sons-in-law,
Debra Ring of Wixom, Lisa
and Kevin Taylor of West
Bloomfield, Sharon and Frank
Zimmerman of Redford;
brother, Walter Levine;
grandchildren, Kristina Ring,
Rachael Ring, Benjamin
Sussman, Joshua Sussman,
Moselle Sussman, Sarah
Liron Sussman, Gabriella
Ring, Phillip Ring, Jacob
Taylor, Rachel Taylor, Ari
Taylor, Sabrina Zimmerman,
Veronica Zimmerman, Zoe
Zimmerman, Alexander
Ring, Maya Ring; great-
grandchildren, Logan Jones,
Carter Jones, Patricia Sussman.
Dorothy was the beloved
wife of the late Fred S. Ring;
dear sister of the late Norman
Levine.
Contributions may be made
to Veterans of Foreign Wars,
406 W. 34th St., Kansas City,
MO 64111. A funeral service
was held at Hebrew Memorial
Chapel. Interment took place
at Machpelah Cemetery in
Ferndale. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
WELA UPFAL,
101, of West
Bloomfield, died
June 25, 2024.
She is survived
by her loving sons
and daughters-in-law, Mark
Upfal and Lynn Brouwers
Upfal, Nathan Upfal and
Rosalind Zukowski; daughter-
in-law, Rochelle Upfal;
grandchildren, Emily Upfal
Abdnour (Sam Abdnour),
Julia Upfal, Jessica Upfal
Pheterson (Eric Pheterson),
Josh Upfal, and Emily
Brouwers (Nicholas Beurkens);
great-grandchildren, Charlie
Abdnour, Henry Abdnour,
and Jack Pheterson. She was
lovingly cared for by Diane,
Helen, Irina and Natasha.
Wela was predeceased by
her devoted husband, Charles
Upfal; and son, Jack Upfal.
Interment was at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made
to the Jewish Senior Life of
Metro Detroit, 6710 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield, MI
48322; Zekelman Holocaust
Center, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road, Farmington Hills, MI
48334; or Jewish Hospice &
Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield, MI
48322. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
MYRON “MIKE”
WINKELMAN,
86, of Novi, died
June 22, 2024.
Born in Detroit
to Irving and
Iliene Winkelman, Mike was
married to Betsy Winkelman
(Wilson) for 65 years.
Mike trained as a
pharmacist at Wayne State.
His long, successful career
started behind the prescription
counter and grew to include
warehouse design, expansion
of chain pharmacies,
catalyzing the revolution to
computerized prescriptions
and expert adviser to
corporations, unions,
legislators and prosecutors.
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