Bill Orr met his future wife, Kay Stark, at a track meet in 1955. The couple married September 26, 1957, and had two children, Suzanne and John William Orr. The Orrs lived in Illinois until 1963, when the couple moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, so Bill could take a job with Woodman Insurance. Kay Orr became actively involved in state Republican politics as a fundraiser and campaign coordinator. She was elected to her first statewide office, Nebraska State Treasurer, in 1981.
