Piyapit Utthachoo, 56, of Sioux City, IA, passed away January 24, 2024 at a local hospital.  Funeral services are pending.  Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service of Sergeant Bluff.

Pete was a native of Thailand, and eventually operated two Thai food restaurants in Sioux City. As a young boy, his mother told him there was good work to be had in working at a restaurant, so he followed that path. After coming to America in the 1990s, he first worked as a sous chef in California.

He moved to Sioux City and opened Diamond Thai along West Seventh Street in 2006. He later owned Pete’s Thai On 5th.