Biography: John James Truemper, Jr., age 92, of Little Rock, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016. John was born June 12, 1924 to John and Mary Truemper in Helena, AR. He is predeceased by his parents and his three siblings, Ann Truemper Sims, Joe Truemper and Kay Truemper Belew. John was married to Julia Clare Wood and had recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Together they have three children, Zachary ?Woody? Wood Truemper, John ?Jack? James Truemper, III (Leslie), and Ann Truemper Rogers (Brandon). John Truemper?s professional personal legacy resides in the scores of buildings he and the Cromwell firm have designed and which he was appointed President of the firm in 1974 and as Chairman of the Board in 1980. A position he held until his retirement in 1989. Notable buildings and facilities that bear his personal stamp include the Arkansas Governor?s Mansion (for which he served as project architect while still a college student in 1948), He served as resident architect at Winrock Farm from 1953-1956, the architect for the preservation of Trapnall Hall and the Villa Marre in Little Rock. Mr. Truemper directed extensive work in the master planning and development of the Arkansas State Parks System for a period of 20 years as well as the planning of many education and health related facilities for the education and training of the developmentally disabled at four locations in Arkansas. His projects at Lyon College include the Alphin Humanities Building, Hoke and McCain Halls, The Holloway Theatre and Bradley Manor. In 1994, the College conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for his ?contribution to the texture of life on the Lyon campus.? He began his first year of college in 1942 at the University of Arkansas, but it was interrupted in 1943 by WWII. He served as a U.S. Army Navigator with the 8th Air Force, where he was stationed in England. He returned to Fayetteville in 1945 and would then later continue his education at the University of Illinois. He would go on the receive a B.S. in Architecture and named outstanding senior of the Kappa Kappa Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity after being initiated at the University of Arkansas. John was a member of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, serving as president in 1968, and a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in 1980. He was a member of the Little Rock Board of Building code Appeals for 25 years, serving as chairman for 15. He was active with the Central and Metropolitan YMCA board, serving as president of both, the State Board of Architects, and The Arkansas Arts Center Board, which he served as president and Chairman, for which he was recipient of their Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Award for outstanding service. He was a former member of the Board of the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and the UALR Engineering Technology Advisory Council, a member of the UALR Friends of the Ottenheimer Library, Quapaw Quarter Association and a recipient of their James W. Strawn Award, Arkansas State Historic Preservation Review Board and is listed in ?Who?s Who in America?. John is the author of A Century of Service 1885-1985, a book which commemorates the 100th anniversary of Cromwell Architects Engineers. John is survived by his loving wife Julie, his children Woody, Jack, and Ann. Grandchildren Zack(Pam), John, Leigh, Katy, Sam, Clare, Eliza, Ashton, Abby, and Forrest. Great grandchildren Zachary, Jade, and Wayne. A celebration of his life will be held Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church with The Very Rev. Msgr. Francis I. Malone officiating. Private family burial will follow. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Ruebel Funeral Home from 5:00 ? 7:00 p.m. The family request memorials may be made to the Arkansas Arts Center or Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church.