Former US President Donald Trump was in attendance on Wednesday as his first wife, Ivana Trump, was brought to rest.
The funeral for Ivana Trump took place at St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan.
“A very sad day, but at the same time a celebration of a wonderful and beautiful life,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, before the funeral service, according to The Associated Press.
Trump former first lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, were in attendance at the funeral as were Ivana and Donald Trump's three children — Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric.
Tiffany Trump, the daughter of the former president and his second wife, Marla Maples, also attended the service, as did family friends.
Trump’s family announced last Thursday that the 73-year-old had died at her Manhattan home. Authorities said the death was an accident, with blunt impact injuries to her torso as the cause.
Ivana and Donald Trump met in the 1970s and were married from 1977 to 1992. In the 1980s, they were a power couple, and she also took part in her husband's businesses, managing one of his Atlantic City casinos and picking out some of the design elements in New York City's Trump Tower.
Their very public divorce was ugly, but in recent years, they were friendly. Ivana Trump was an enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and said they spoke on a regular basis, noted AP.