We are men who lead, serve, protect and defend, whether we are giving out Coats for Kids, donating wheelchairs, lending a helping hand in disaster relief efforts, supporting local pregnancy centers or providing top-quality financial products.
Peter Perta and wife Bimbo, our Family of the Month for October, met when he was a season-ticket holder at Syracuse University and she helped out in the school’s concession stand. God works in mysterious ways; they now work together at the council’s Cedar Hill baseball concession stand. Peter joined the Knights in June 2011 and took his Major Degree later that year. He and Bimbo have been married since 2010. Both grew up Catholic in upstate New York – he in Utica, she in Norwich – and Peter had an uncle who was a priest. Peter’s career brought him to north Texas in 2008, and he works as a regional account manager for Nestle Health Care Nutrition. Peter deals with corporations and nursing home chains in 12 states. Bimbo followed him to Texas and works in the food nutrition department of Duncanville ISD. Her given name is Bernadine, and she has gone by Bimbo since she was 6 months old; she has a twin sister nicknamed Bambi. The Pertas usually attend the 5:30 Saturday Mass. Peter ushers, is a “charter” member of the council Degree Team that got started last year. He also became our Financial Secretary last April, following in the considerable footsteps of Ernie Coy.
