Roland Lloyd Marsicek was the only child of Adolph and Frances Marsicek of Narka, Kansas. He was born on December 8, 1921. He attended country schools through his elementary years and then attended and graduated from Narka High School. He enlisted in the service in August of 1942 and took his basic training at Camp Kolher, California. He was stationed through out the United States including Ft. Benning, Georgia and Pullman, Washington. His 'Theater of Operation' was Stateside Service; serving in the Army Signal Corps as a supply clerk. His medals earned included the Good Conduct and the Marksmanship medals. He was discharged from the Army in February of 1946. He was married to Helen Chaloupka in 1946 until her death in 1976. Then he remarried in 1981 to Delphine McKinley; who passed away in 1988. He lived on a farm near Narka and Cuba, Kansas. Farming until he passed away in September of 2003. His children were son, Roland James (RJ) and wife Kathleen Marsicek of Narka, Kansas, and daughter, Vicki Marsicek Dozier and husband Scott Dozier of Pratt, Kansas. He had four grandchildren, Krista and James Marsicek of Narka, Kansas, and Jacob and Rebecca Dozier of Pratt, Kansas. He belonged to William Fleming American Legion Post, Masons, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cuba, Kansas.