Ivana Trump lived a “wonderful life,” the former president reminisced as loved ones paid their respects to her on Wednesday. Ivana Trump was a businesswoman and 1980s-style queen who assisted Donald Trump in building the empire that put him on the path to the White House.
At Ivana Trump’s funeral Mass in a Manhattan church, the former president attended alongside all of his children, numerous other family members, and friends.
Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric Trump, the three children of Ivana and Donald Trump, stood with their father and families as the gold-toned coffin was brought from the church. When his sister was holding the hand of one of her little children, who was holding a red flower, Eric Trump put an arm around her shoulders for a brief moment.
Family friends including Jeanine Pirro, co-host of Fox News’s “The Five,” and Charles Kushner, a real estate mogul and the father of Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, attended the funeral along with Tiffany Trump, the daughter of the former president and his second wife, Marla Maples. Ivana Trump’s longtime friend and fashion designer Dennis Basso were also present.
Ivana Trump received “an amazing, wonderful send-off” at the Mass, according to another old friend, R. Couri Hay, who spoke to him afterward.
Trump, 73, passed away at home, her family confirmed on Thursday. The reason for her death, according to the authorities, was blunt impact injuries to her torso.