Mr. Peter Rudolph Bondi, Jr. 66, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2025, at the Ft. Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN, unexpectedly. Peter is the son of the late Peter Rudolph and Martha Walker Bondi, Sr., and is preceded in death by one sister Roseanna Ratliff. Peter had lived in Lake City all his life and was a member of the graduating class of 1976 from Columbia High School, after high school he served his country in the United States Army. Peter enjoyed working and spending time with his family, one of his greatest loves besides his family was his 1990 Red Pontiac Firebird. Peter later moved to Sevierville, Tennessee where he had been working for the past nineteen years in the hotel business.

Peter is survived by his wife of twenty-six years Kim Bondi, Sevierville, TN, two sons Anthony "A.J." McDaniel Lake City, FL, Justin Myers (Lori) Lake City, FL;  one daughter Melissa Stengel (Josh) Cape Coral, FL; one brother Vincent Bondi, and two sisters Penny Howell (J.D.) and Anja Kitchings (Wally) both of Lake City, FL; nine grandchildren Michael, Hunter, Dalton, Taylyn, Ryan, Johnathan, Blake, Lauryn, and Peyton. And numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 11:00 AM in the Gateway-Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel with Chaplin Tom Tyer officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM.  Arrangements are under the direction of GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 S US Hwy 441, Lake City, FL 32025.  Please leave words of comfort for the family at www.gatewayforestlawn.com.