Meredith Fouche

Meredith Lee Fouche, 68, of Hagerstown Maryland passed from this life on Friday April 3rd at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mount Airy, MD.  Born on June 13th, 1951 in Frederick, Maryland, he was the son of the late Arthur Samuel Fouche and Eunice C. (Metzger) Fouche.

He attended Lisbon Elementary School in Lisbon, MD, Rohrersville Elementary School in Rohrersville, MD, and Boonsboro Junior High School, and Boonsboro High School in Boonsboro, MD, graduating from Boonsboro High School in 1969.  While in school he was active in 4-H and FFA, including exhibiting the grand champion Holstein bull at the 1969 Great Hagerstown Fair, and the Grand Champion Gilt Ohio Improved Chester at the National Show & Sale in Kidron Ohio in October of 1967.  He was also active in the track and field program in High School including being the state champion in the two mile run in both his junior and senior year. He completed the JFK 50 mile run/hike in April of 1969.

He attended the University of MD at College Park and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Agriculture.  He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, the National Agricultural Fraternity.

He worked a variety of jobs including for the USDA in both Beltsville, MD and Frederick MD.  He also worked on various farms, and more recently for Montgomery Weed Control. He was active in the education community in Washington County, including serving on multiple Washington County School Board task forces, as chairperson of the Pleasant Valley Elementary Citizens Advisory Committee, and chairperson of the Boonsboro High School Citizens Advisory Committee.  He was a candidate for election to the Washington County School Board on several occasions. He was a member of the Washington County Democratic Club and the Keedysville Ruritan.

He was a loving soul who had a strong connection to God which is reflected in his poetry including a collection of poems from 2011-2015 he titled "Reflections."  For many years he was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Boonsboro, MD, more recently he was a member of Salem United Methodist Church in Keedysville, MD

He is survived by his two outstanding sons, Travis L. Fouche, and Brian A. Fouche, and sisters Beverly Lapole, Melanie Fouche, and Karen Fouche as well as nephews, nieces, and cousins.

Internment will be at Boonsboro Cemetery in Boonsboro, MD.  Due to current restrictions on social gatherings a private graveside service will be conducted on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

He requests that memorial donations be made to Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, University of Maryland, 7511 Princeton Avenue, College Park, MD 20740.

Expressions of sympathy may be offered to the family at StaufferFuneralHome.com.