until he went off to the university of illinois, roughly 200 miles away, and became a star athlete, that he truly noticed a girl from back home for the first time. it was during college break. the former classmates bumped and each other in quincy, and quickly became an item. cory wasted no time spreading her good news. >> i'll never forget the, day i was playing tennis with a friend of mine, inquiry came over, and met us, and that's when she told us. that kurt was it. >> she went to high school with the new couple >> surprised? >> not really. they seemed a great fit together. and she was very much smitten. >> it wasn't long before corey was also telling her mother, she found the one. >> she comes home, and were sitting there, and she said i've met the man i'm going to marry, whoa. >> and she kept her promise. in 1991, just after college, corey and kurt married. he studied law, she s'more worked a small job to support them. both after graduation they bought a home in quincy. >> they wanted to be in the neighborhood. they wanted to be close by. it just made it all the better. so we found them a house, and they move back. >> fortunately over the fence. >> three houses u