John B. Lovis, 80, of Emmaus, died June 20, 2015, in Lehigh Valley Hospital. He was the husband of Lois A. (Heidenfeldt) Lovis. They would have celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary next month. Born in Rahway, N.J., he was the son of the late Donald B. and Margaret (Spur) Lovis.

A native of Winchester and Lexington, Mass., he was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Allentown.

He graduated in 1956 from Norwich University, Northfield, Vt., with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering management and attended the University of Maryland School of Law and the University of Michigan graduate school of business administration.

He served for eight years as a reserve commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

A member of Bethlehem Steel's 1956 "loop course," he was assigned to plant operations at Sparrows Point, Md. In 1963 he was transferred to Bethlehem where over the next 32 years he held various positions in the corporate engineering, operation and planning departments. He retired in 1995 as director - strategic planning.

He held a patent for coating steel sheet and was also author of a history of the Sparrows Point Plant, published in 2005, and recently published "Steelmaking in Bethlehem, PA: "The Final Years."

He served as a trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem and junior warden and trustee of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. He also served on boards of the Lower Macungie Township Authority and the Lehigh County Cycling and Fitness Park Commission. In later years he was a volunteer for Lehigh County Meals on Wheels and Catholic Charities Refugee Service programs.

He is survived by his wife; stepson, Christopher J. and his wife Jennifer S. (Lauchnor) Brown, of Salisbury Township, stepdaughter, Tobi J. (Brown) and her husband James Paige, of Boalsburg, Centre County; brother, Richard S. and his wife Jan, of South Yarmouth, Mass; four grandchildren, Tyler C. Brown, Derek J. Brown, Kylie J. Paige and Logan J. Paige.

Contributions may be made to Lehigh County Meals on Wheels, 4234 Dorney Park Road, Allentown, 18104.

A memorial service will be held 3 p.m. June 25 in First Presbyterian Church of Allentown, 3231 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. Visitation will be held 2 to 3 p.m. in the church.

Arrangements were made by the Schantz Funeral Home, P.C., Emmaus.