Witcliffe district grandmaster Ron Hunter called Mr Orr's commitment to the Roslyn Morning Star Lodge ''a great accomplishment'' and said his record at the Masonic lodge was ''marvellous''.
''You're a fine brother, and we appreciate that.''
Mr Orr followed in his father's footsteps and was initiated as a member of the Roslyn Morning Star Lodge on August 2, 1955.
Mr Orr's wife Daphne said he was always a ''quiet brother'', but added it was a bright day for her husband, who was at times frustrated by his health after suffering a stroke in his car in Caversham Rd, Dunedin, last year.
''He bowled a van over into two cars, and you should've seen our car. I don't know how he survived,'' Mrs Orr said.
Mr Orr was not injured in the crash, but he remained paralysed on his right side and was confined to a wheelchair.
He had difficulty communicating and eating, his wife said.
''He didn't have a bruise on him, but he ended up with this - what's worse?''
The Orrs lived in Green Island, East Taieri and Milburn before moving to Milton.
Mr Orr worked as a plumber, bus driver and at the cement works at Burnside before he became a driver for Dunedin Taxis.
He later became manager of the firm.
In his retirement, he drove the school bus in Milton.
