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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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