Edward A. Marcinko Sr., a retired barber and autoworker, died in his sleep Saturday at his Fells Point home. He was 91.

The son of Stefan Marcinko and Anna Baginski Marcinko, Polish immigrants, Edward Anthony Marcinko Sr. was born and raised in Fells Point, where he lived his entire life.

He attended St. Patrick’s parochial school and was an avid boxer in his youth. In 1942, he won Baltimore City’s amateur flyweight championship.

He served with Army occupation forces in Europe from 1945 until 1947. His decorations included the World War II Victory Medal.

Mr. Marcinko returned to Baltimore and studied barbering on the GI Bill of Rights, becoming a master barber.

He owned and operated a Bank Street barbershop, where he was known as “Eddie the Barber,” for 50 years until retiring in 2012.

He also worked for 48 years as a machine oiler at General Motors’ Broening Highway plant.

A pigeon fancier, he had been a member of the Hamilton Homing Pigeon Club.

He also enjoyed taking cruises to Alaska, Hawaii and the Caribbean with his wife, the former Cecelia T. Grzegorak, who died in 2001 after 47 years of marriage.

Mr. Marcinko was a communicant of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, 408 S. Chester St., where a funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. today.

He is survived by two sons, Edward A. Marcinko Jr. of Fells Point and Dr. David Edward Marcinko of Atlanta; a daughter, Cecelia Theresa Perez of Ellicott City; and a granddaughter.

—?Frederick N. Rasmussen