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  • Remembering Indiana's Flying WASP First Lady: Josie Orr 'lived one-of-a-kind life'

    10/13/2006 6:08:36 AM PDT · by bd476 · 11 replies · 357+ views
    Courier Press ^ | October 12, 2006 | KATE BRASER
    Josie Orr, a former Indiana first lady who once lived in Vanderburgh County, died this week and was remembered for her adventurous spirit. She was 85. Born in Longmeadow, Mass., she moved to McCutchanville with former Indiana Gov. Robert Orr, an Evansville native, after their marriage in 1944. The two met when he was in prep school in Connecticut. The two had been divorced for several years before the former governor's death in March 2004. Josie Orr's death Tuesday launched a flurry of stories and memories from state officials, friends and family who remember her as an outgoing woman with...