Biography: Loren Baumann, 91, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died December 22. Baumann served in the U.S. army throughout World War II, commanding an ambulance company in France, Belgium, Germany, and the Philippines. Following the war he remained in the army reserves, from which he retired as a lieutenant-colonel. After heading charge-account operations at Marine Midland Bank in Binghamton, New York, in the 1950s and 1960s, Baumann held executive posts at Worthen Bank in Little Rock. He retired in 1980. Baumann is survived by his wife of 63 years Jean (Hartnett) Baumann, and three children: Elizabeth (Betsy) Kemp of Little Rock and her husband Bill Kemp; Michael of South Orange, New Jersey; and Peter of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. His daughter Susan died in 1970. Six grandchildren survive: Caroline Bransford, Susan Bransford, and W. Hastings Bransford IV, of Little Rock; Chris Baumann of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Lauren Baumann of Philadelphia; and Tom Baumann of Minneapolis. Born in 1915 in Elkton, South Dakota, Baumann served as president of the Charge Account Bankers Association (1957-58), and was honored for his voluntary service to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in 1988. In 1993 Baumann was honored by the social-services organization We Care for seventeen years of dedicated service to the people of southeast Pulaski County, Arkansas. Baumann was a member of the Men’s Club of Christ the King Church in Little Rock and, along with his wife, Jean, helped coordinate church volunteer efforts directed toward nearby rural communities. He also served for many years with Helping Hand, a greater Little Rock organization that assists in meeting the basic needs of the low-income, unemployed, and elderly. A funeral mass will be held at Christ the King Church in Little Rock at 10:00 a.m. December 27. Prayer services will be held at Christ the King 6:00 p.m., December 26. In place of flowers, the family requests that consideration be given to making donations to the Loren Baumann Scholarship Fund at Christ the King Catholic School, 4000 North Rodney Parham, Little Rock, AR 72212.