GALESBURG Several years ago in a nearly-packed Thiel Gym at Galesburg High School, the P.A. announcer read the request oft-heard at games about an owner of an illegally parked car.
But this time, when the license number Pacman1 was read to identify the offender, the entire crowd laughed in recognition.
Everybody knew Pete Thierry s license number because everybody as they have for the past seven decades knew Pete Thierry.
The Silver Streaks No. 1 fan died Saturday morning at St. Mary s Hospital at age 86 from COVID-19, according to his niece Kimberly Thierry, who noted he also recently spent time recovering from a surgery.