voted for George W. Bush, and in the 2012 election, for Mitt Romney. Personal life She married William Dayton Orr on September 26, 1957, and they had two children, John William and Suzanne. She moved with her family to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1963. Her husband, Bill Orr, died from complications of COPD on May 5, 2013. See also List of female governors in the United States References External links at the Nebraska State Historical Society National Governors Association |- |- |- |- 1939 births 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians Republican Party governors of Nebraska Living people Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska Politicians from Burlington, Iowa State treasurers of Nebraska 2004 United States presidential electors 2012 United States presidential electors Women in Nebraska politics Women state governors of the United States 21st-century American women politicians