The Durkee Family:
Proud and Grateful Newtown Square Family Caroline and Steve Durkee may have grown up in entirely different places, but both have found that the Newtown Square community has been the opportunity they were always destined for. The close neighborhoods, beautiful wooded scenery, and the tight-knit church community have all been important parts of their life the past 20 years in Newtown Square.
by Craig Whitney Photography by Dan Hall
Caroline and Steve first met at a wedding, surrounded by mutual friends at a venue in New Jersey. Though the two would end up meeting later that night, the origin was actually years in the making. Steve grew up in Illinois, then went to the University of Central Florida to get a degree in finance. After working several jobs out of school, Steve decided he wanted to try to explore the priesthood at a seminary in Philadelphia. After deciding the priesthood was not his path, he was able to move in with his brother, who had recently moved to King of Prussia. He began teaching theology at St. John Newman’s in Philadelphia at this time, and though the priesthood wasn’t his path, the time at the seminary would end up being instrumental in the new path he was already headed down. Caroline grew up in Buffalo, New York. She recalled the brutal winters and the snow-packed roads, but did not spend her whole childhood there. Her father was transferred in his job to West Chester, and that is where Caroline would spend many of her formative years. After graduating high school, she attended West Chester University and worked as an accountant for a pharmaceutical firm. She spent years working in West Chester, until receiving an invitation to the wedding between two of her close friends. The groom, as fate would Continued on page 6
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