The Coyne Family

Welcome to the Neighborhood

by Sheila Turner-Hilliard

Photos by Crissy Everhart Photography www.CrissyEverhart.com

Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors is happy to usher in 2023 by introducing you to The Coyne Family: Fran, Erin, Keegan, Miles and Oliver. The Coynes certainly know how to celebrate in style by kicking off the new year as one of our newest Newtown Edgmont neighbors!

Fran is originally from Upper Darby and attended St. Alice Grade School through 5th grade. He, his parents and two brothers then moved to Springfield, where Fran finished grade school at St. Francis of Assisi. He then graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School, where he ran cross country and was a member of the school’s track team all four years.

After high school, Fran went to Temple University to earn his degree in Finance and Real Estate. In addition to running, Fran stayed active as a defenseman on Temple’s Roller Hockey Club and served as the club President.

Currently, Fran is a commercial real estate broker at JLL, which helps buy, build, occupy and invest in various assets, including industrial, commercial, retail, residential and hotel real estate. “I have always worked in commercial real estate,” Fran explained. “I spent my first four years out of college on the ownership side working for a pension fund advisor where I would invest pension funds into real estate and manage those investments.”

Fran said he has spent the past 11 years on the brokerage side, focusing on investment sales advisory and equity placement for multi-housing buildings.

I love what I do and the competitive nature of this business,” Fran said. “My team has had a dominant market share in the region for the past six years, and I plan to continue working hard to continue that momentum.

Fran’s competitive nature crosses over to his interests outside of work. He has been running competitively since 2008 and has completed multiple marathons in cities including Boston, NYC and Philadelphia. Fran said that while his family and career are a priority now, he still manages to run daily and looks forward to entering more races in the future.

I also love to play golf at Llanarch Country Club,” he said. “It’s great because I now have the opportunity to share that love of the game with my sons now that they’re a little older.

Erin was born and raised in Springfield, where she lived with her parents and two older brothers. She went to St. Kevin’s for grade school and graduated from Cardinal O’Hara, where she played on the volleyball team. After graduation, Erin continued her studies at Gwynedd Mercy University, earning her Associate Degree of Science in Nursing (ASN). She then earned her Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Immaculata University; at the same time, she was working as a registered nurse at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Fran and Erin Coyne

But Erin wasn’t finished yet. She then earned her Master’s Degree of Science in Nursing (MSN) from the University of Pennsylvania. “Since 2015, I have been a pediatric nurse practitioner at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware in the Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders,” Erin explained.

I specialize in sickle cell disease, which is the most prevalent genetic disease in the United States, yet its research is significantly underfunded, and its victims underserved.

Recently, Erin has made a work-life transition to a part-time, more flexible role that allows her to spend more time with her boys. “Today, I am working more on the research end, and I am helping to develop tools within our electronic data to improve patient outcomes,” she explained. “I also get to organize meaningful campaigns to help affected families through the holidays, which is very rewarding.”

In her spare time, Erin enjoys writing poetry. It’s a gift that she got from her mother. “My mom always enjoyed writing poetry,” she said. “When I was a young girl, she would read me some of the things she had written in a little book and would write my brothers and me poems as well.” Erin said that one of the things she loves to do is include personalized poems with her gifts to family and friends.

Like many of our Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors, Fran and Erin’s love story began and continues in Delaware County.

We were high school sweethearts,” said Erin. “We met during our sophomore year at the O’Hara Fair in the spring of 2002.

And if you’re from Delaware County, you’ll appreciate this – their first date was at the Sbarro pizza shop in the Springfield Mall. Fran and Erin said that the rest is history! Yep, that’s all we need to know!

The couple got engaged in 2011 at Fairmont Water Works in Philadelphia. Fran said he chose that iconic location because he loved running by there every day when he lived in the city. They married in 2012 at St. Patrick’s Church in Rittenhouse Square and honeymooned in Mexico. Their first home was in the Graduate Hospital section of Philadelphia, where they welcomed their first son, Keegan. “Although we loved our home and planned on living there for a few more years, I quickly realized that living 45 minutes from our parents for help wasn’t going to work,” Erin laughed.

So, we packed up and moved to Broomall. Who would have thought we’d be so excited to have our very own driveway and garage and that our parents were right around the corner?

Oliver, Keegan and Miles Coyne

Life was good (and busy) for Erin and Fran, who soon welcomed two more boys to their family. “We loved living in Broomall, but we always wanted to build a larger home of our own,” Fran said. “The opportunity presented itself last year and we jumped on it.” That opportunity was at Ventry, home of the former Edgmont Country Club that served as a private 18-hole golf club for 52 years. Erin said, “We knew it was meant to be when each of the boys found a golf ball on our first trip to check out the lot where we now live.”

Keegan is Erin and Fran’s oldest boy who is in third grade at St. Anastasia. Like his dad, Keegan loves to play golf. He takes lessons every week and wants to play on the golf team when he gets older. He also loves baseball and is looking forward to playing at NELL this spring.

When it comes to loving every sport imaginable, Miles takes the cake! He is an active kindergarten student at St. Anastasia, whose favorite Phillies player is Bryce Harper. Miles is also the first in the family to take an interest in lacrosse.

Rounding out the Coyne boys is Oliver, who attends preschool at St. Anastasia. Fran and Erin describe Oliver as strong, enthusiastic and always happy. He loves everything related to construction and asked Santa for his own tool bench this Christmas.

Last but certainly not least is the Coyne’s ten-year-old Boxer, Bodhi. Fran said they got Bodhi just two months after he and Erin were married, and she was their first taste of responsibility.

Bodhi is the second mama to our boys,” said Erin. “She is incredibly loving and patient as long as you’re not driving a delivery truck!

The Coyne Family: Miles, Erin, Oliver, Fran and Keegan

The Coyne household is vibrant and bustling with three little guys, two successful careers and self-proclaimed second mama pup, Bodhi. Even still, they make sure they take time for family fun. “We love our Saturday night dance parties in the living room,” laughed Erin. “We rock out to anything and everything from old-school house music to silly kid’s songs like It’s Raining Tacos.”

Fun in the sun and the city are absolute priorities for Fran, Erin and the boys, too. They love to spend time in Ocean City, NJ with their extended family and make sure they take time to visit Erin’s brother, who lives in St. Petersburg, FL. Most recently, they took a trip to visit Fran’s brother in Brooklyn, NY, where they took the subway to Manhattan and visited the Museum of Natural History and Brooklyn Bridge Park. But no matter how far they travel, Newtown Edgmont will always be home for the Coyne Family.

We love where we live, and we couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

Do you know a family, individual or nonprofit goup in Newtown, Edgmont or Willistown Towsnhip who should become known by our community? Make your nominations for upcoming feature articles by emailing your ideas to Sheila Turner-Hilliard at STurnerHilliard@ BestVersionMedia.com.