Henry Gordon Ring

1927 - 2017

RING, HENRY GORDON, a long-time resident of the Miami area, passed away peacefully at home in Pinecrest on Saturday, May 27. He was 89. Hank was born in Burlington, VT and was raised there and in Springfield, MA. After serving in the Army during WWII, he attended Yale University and earned a medical degree from Harvard University in 1953. In the same year, he married Bernice Fieldman, a gifted pianist also from Springfield. They moved to South Florida in 1963, where Hank established his ophthalmology practice and joined the faculty at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. As a skilled and compassionate physician he gave many patients the gift of preserved or restored vision and contributed to his profession through teaching and research. After retirement Hank enjoyed photography, tennis, travel, and visiting with family and friends. He loved going to concerts and learning to play the cello. During Hank's final years the loving care of Helen Strickland and Brittany Brookins helped him be able to stay at home and keep enjoying life. Hank was a loving husband and father, and a generous soul with a kind word for everyone who crossed his path. He is preceded in death by his wife of 50 years Bernice Ring, and is survived by his children Wendy, Jonathan and David Ring; his grandchildren Benjamin, Julian and Joshua Ring; his brother-in-law Peter Schuntermann, and nephews Eric and Howard Schuntermann. Funeral services will be at 1:00 pm on Thursday, June 1 at Temple Judea, 5500 Granada Blvd., Coral Gables followed by internment at Mt. Nebo Kendall Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm at Hank's home in Pinecrest.