Source: Politics<\/p>\n
NEW YORK \u2014 Ivana Trump, the 1980s style icon and businesswoman who helped Donald Trump build the empire that put him on a road toward the White House, lived a \u201cbeautiful life,\u201d the former president recalled as loved ones paid final respects to her Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The ex-president joined all his children, an array of other relatives and friends at a Manhattan church for Ivana Trump\u2019s funeral Mass.<\/p>\n
\u201cA very sad day, but at the same time a celebration of a wonderful and beautiful life,\u201d he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, before he, former first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron headed to St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church, located just a few blocks from Ivana Trump\u2019s home near Central Park.<\/p>\n
Ivana and Donald Trump\u2019s three children \u2014 Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric \u2014 stood with their father and their families as the gold-toned casket was carried from the church. Eric Trump briefly put an arm around his sister\u2019s shoulders as she held the hand of one of her small children, who clutched a red flower.<\/p>\n
Tiffany Trump, the daughter of the former president and his second wife, Marla Maples, also attended the service, as did family friends including Jeanine Pirro, co-host of Fox News\u2019 \u201cThe Five,\u201d and Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and the father of Ivanka Trump\u2019s husband, Jared Kushner. Fashion designer Dennis Basso, a longtime friend of Ivana Trump\u2019s, was also among the mourners.<\/p>\n
The Mass was \u201can elegant, wonderful send-off for Ivana Trump,\u201d another longtime friend, R. Couri Hay, said as he emerged.<\/p>\n