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June 25, 2010

| courierpostonline.com | Courier-Post by Barbara S. Rothschild

Older teens wore their Gloucester Catholic High School baseball jerseys, and young men in business suits who'd been coached by 650296 Barth -- not only in baseball, but in basketball, as well -- joined them to ponder what life might be like without Barth around to spout his many whimsical "isms."  Bobby Barth, a Winslow resident, was most recently first-base coach under Dennis Barth at Gloucester Catholic, helping the Rams to their 14th state title on June 5.  John Lowe, Barth's stepson, eulogized the man he considered a true father for the 25 years he was married to Lowe's mother, Mary. "For me, he was a family dude, a nice guy -- the nice guy. He did everything for everyone," Lowe said. "He loved Haagen-Dazs ice cream, ate it by the gallon. And if you had any stocks, he'd say, "Sell 'em,' because they'd probably go down," he said.

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