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Tom and Judy (Osborn) Gross were high school sweethearts. Having met in the band, they have been married 40 years. They both grew up in Washington, graduated from the schools here, and then Judy followed Tom to Bluffton College where they both also graduated a year apart from each other.

     Tom graduated from the Univ.of Ill. Medical School in Chicago and now works full time doing high-risk obstetrics in Peoria. Judy taught art and 2nd grade until they began their family, which includes daughter, Beth Ann and her husband, Bart Wyss, who live in Greenwood, IN; son Matthew and his wife, Haley and granddaughter Anna Elizabeth, 18 mo., who live in Wisconsin. They are also expecting a brother for Anna any day now. Their youngest son, Joshua, is presently in Houston, TX.

     After living in IL, KY, and OH, Tom and Judy moved to Peoria in 1986 to be closer to their parents, and moved back to Washington in 2003 after finding a historic house of their dreams. They love being back in Washington and have really gotten into Washington history, which led to the purchase of the Denhart Bank building.

     The last two years have been spent lovingly restoring the Denhart Bank on the square and two adjacent buildings, as well as doing all the work to have it put on the National Register of Historic Places. Judy has fulfilled a longtime dream of being an innkeeper and both she and Tom look forward to serving you at The Cornerstone Inn.

     3 John 5 says "do faithfully whatever you do for friends, even though they are strangers to you." Their hope is that even though you are strangers when you come, you will leave as friends and return often!