Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former President Donald Trump and New York’s socialite first lady, will be honored at her funeral Wednesday at a historic church in her Upper East Side neighborhood.
Families and famous mourners are expected to flock to St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church to pay their last respects to the 73-year-old “powerful blonde” born in the Czech Republic, who died last week after falling down the stairs at her Manhattan home .
The planned afternoon service was billed as a “Celebration of Life” on invitations sent to friends, some of whom were said to have come from Europe to attend. The invitation included a picture of a glamorous-looking Ivana, a former skier, on the slopes.
The beloved famous New Yorker had been walking unsteadily in recent weeks thanks to an ailing hip, friends told The Post.
Ivana grabbed the headlines as Donald’s wife, especially in the 1980s when she and the property mogul became the Big Apple’s most powerful couple.
Donald Trump and his ex-wife Ivana Trump in Greenwich, Connecticut. mansion in 1987 Getty Images Ivana Trump with Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump on October 15, 2007 in New York. WireImage/Duffy-Marie Arnoult
They were married for 15 years before divorcing in 1990 amid a sensational scandal involving Donald’s then-lover, Marla Maples.
Ivana and Donald — who had three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric — eventually reconciled as friends, and she said she became his graduate student, including incorporating his political aspirations. He won the presidency in 2016 and served for four years.
She was also an accomplished businesswoman in her own right.
Ivana Trump’s ‘celebration of life’ is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images New York police set up barriers around the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in preparation for Ivana Trump’s funeral today. Matthew McDermott
While married to the man she called “The Donald,” Ivana helped him develop the iconic Trump Tower in Manhattan and managed The Plaza Hotel in the city after he bought it.
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When the couple separated, she worked everything from writing advice columns to selling jewelry and beauty products on home shopping networks.
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