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Ivana Trump Laid To Rest In Gold Casket At Manhattan Funeral, Melania Attends Despite Rumors Otherwise

<p><strong>Ivana Trump<&sol;strong> was laid to rest in a gold casket on Wednesday at her Manhattan funeral&comma; which was attended by the entire Trump family&comma; including Melania&comma; who was rumored to skip the ceremony over an ongoing feud with her husband&&num;8217&semi;s first wife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ivana&comma; the ex-wife of Donald Trump&comma; passed away at the age of 73 last Thursday&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;donald-trumps-former-wife-ivana-trump-passes-away-at-age-73&sol;"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> previously reported&period; She was married to Donald Trump from 1977 until 1992 and she is the mother of Trump’s three oldest children&comma; Ivanka Trump&comma; Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; she was remembered by family as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a force of nature” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the embodiment of the American dream&&num;8221&semi; at the service&comma; which was held at the historic St&period; Vincent Ferrer Roman in Manhattan&&num;8217&semi;s Upper East Side&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She had brains&semi; she had beauty&comma;” her son&comma; Eric Trump&comma; said in a speech at St&period; Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was the embodiment of the American dream… She was a force of nature&comma;” he told mourners&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Roughly 100 mourners were in attendance to pay respect to Ivana&comma; who reportedly died after suffering a fall last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;93954" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-93954" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-93954" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;GettyImages-1409936408&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"682" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-93954" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">NEW YORK&comma; NEW YORK &&num;8211&semi; JULY 20&colon; Donald Trump Jr&period; and Kimberly Guilfoyle arrive for the funeral of Ivana Trump at St&period; Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church July 20&comma; 2022 in New York City&period; Trump&comma; the first wife of former U&period;S&period; president Donald Trump&comma; died at the age of 73 after a fall down the stairs of her Manhattan home&period; &lpar;Photo by Alexi J&period; Rosenfeld&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Donald Trump&comma; wife Melania and sons Barron and Don Jr&period; also honored the Czech-born New Yorker at the private celebration of life service&period; Daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner&comma; along with Tiffany Trump&comma; were in attendance as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Ivanka Trump&comma; who spoke during Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s ceremony&comma; described her mother as a trailblazer for men and women&comma; and humorously added that she once told her &&num;8220&semi;there was nothing she couldn&&num;8217&semi;t do in heels&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Growing up&comma; my mother didn’t tell me a woman could do anything she wanted to — she showed me&comma;” Ivanka said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was a trail blazer by men and women alike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>My mother once told me there was nothing she couldn’t do in heels&period; She taught us how to spear fish and then cook what we caught&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My mom expanded our minds&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CgAVZjFuAb3" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former President <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;donald-trump-reflects-on-the-passing-of-his-former-wife-she-was-a-wonderful-beautiful-and-amazing-woman&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Donald Trump<&sol;strong><&sol;a> was spotted amongst a throng of security&comma; as dozens of mourners could be seen on the sidewalk outside of the historic church&comma; which was decorated with red roses in honor of Ivana&comma; according to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;20&sol;ivana-trumps-funeral-to-be-held-in-nyc-today&sol;"><strong>New York Post<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The outlet reports that the funeral service was billed a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Celebration of Life&comma;” with invitations featuring a photo of Ivana&comma; a one-time professional skier&comma; on the slopes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She had apparently been unsteady walking in recent weeks due to ailing hip&comma; friends told The Post&comma; and suffered &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;blunt impact injuries” due to her fall&period; Her death was ruled an accident by the Medical Examiner’s office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;93956" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-93956" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-93956" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;GettyImages-1409936399&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"682" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-93956" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">NEW YORK&comma; NEW YORK &&num;8211&semi; JULY 20&colon; U&period;S&period; former President Donald J&period; Trump arrives for the funeral of Ivana Trump at St&period; Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church July 20&comma; 2022 in New York City&period; Trump&comma; the first wife of former U&period;S&period; President Donald Trump&comma; died at the age of 73 after a fall down the stairs of her Manhattan home&period; &lpar;Photo by Alexi J&period; Rosenfeld&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Trump&&num;8217&semi;s current wife Melania&comma; 52&comma; his third overall&comma; was also in attendance for Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s funeral service after much speculation that she wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t attend due to an ongoing rift between her and Ivana in the years preceding her death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two quietly feuded for years&comma; with Ivana once declaring that was &&num;8220&semi;the real first lady first lady&&num;8221&semi; of the United States&comma; prompting an infuriated Melania to call Ivana an &&num;8220&semi;attention seeker&&num;8221&semi; in response&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following the news of her death last week&comma; Ivana Trump’s family released an official statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our mother was an incredible woman — a force in business&comma; a world-class athlete&comma; a radiant beauty&comma; and caring mother and friend&period; Ivana Trump was a survivor&period; She fled from communism and embraced this country&period; Taught her children about grit and toughness&comma; compassion and determination&period; She will be dearly missed by her mother&comma; her three children and ten grandchildren&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;93958" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-93958" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-93958" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;GettyImages-1409935142&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"683" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-93958" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">NEW YORK&comma; NEW YORK &&num;8211&semi; JULY 20&colon; A view of the hearse at the funeral of Ivana Trump at St&period; Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church on July 20&comma; 2022 in New York City&period; Ivana Trump&comma; the first wife of former president Donald Trump&comma; died at the age of 73 after a fall down the stairs of her Manhattan home&period; &lpar;Photo by John Lamparski&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Responding to a call regarding a cardiac arrest&comma; Manhattan paramedics arrived at the scene and found Ivana Trump in her Upper East Side apartment just after 12&colon;30 PM&comma; according to reports from the New York City Fire Department&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ivana Trump was born and raised in the former Czechoslovakia&period; Shortly after their marriage&comma; she was employed at Donald Trump’s business empire as a senior executive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was eventually appointed as CEO of Trump’s Castle in Atlantic City&comma; while also serving as an interior designer for Trump Tower and the Grand Hyatt Hotel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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