The Trump family gathers for Ivana’s funeral in New York

Ivana Trump, the 1980s icon of style, wealth and excess and the businesswoman who helped her husband build the empire that catapulted him to the presidency, will celebrate a funeral mass in New York on Wednesday following her death last week.

Ivanka’s three children – Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric – joined her ex-husband and former US President Donald Trump at St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Mrs Trump’s family said last week that the 73-year-old had died at her home in Manhattan.

Authorities said the death was an accident, caused by blunt force trauma to her torso.

“We all want to remember Ivana as the vivacious and social person that she was,” said Robert Couri Hay, a longtime friend of Mrs. Trump, who planned to attend the service.

Ivana and Donald Trump met in the 1970s and were married from 1977 to 1992. In the bustling environment of 1980s New York, they were a power couple, and she became famous in her own right, instantly recognizable with her fair hair tied up. and her glamorous appearance.

Ivana Trump was also involved in her husband’s business, running one of his casinos in Atlantic City and choosing some of the design elements of Trump Tower in New York.

Their very public divorce was ugly, but they have been on friendly terms in recent years. Ivana Trump was an avid supporter of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and said the two spoke regularly.