The funeral of Ivana Trump, the late ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, to be held at a Catholic church in New York City

According to multiple media reports, the funeral for Ivana Trump, the late ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, would be held at a Catholic church in New York City.

Trump, 73, was discovered dead on July 14 after falling down the stairs of her Manhattan home. Her death was judged an accident by New York City’s chief medical examiner. According to the New York Post, she had been suffering from hip pain prior to her death.

Trump’s memorial ceremony will be held on Wednesday at Manhattan’s famous St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, which is close to her Upper East Side residence. The church staff acknowledged to CNA that Trump was Catholic, but would to comment on whether she attended Mass on a regular basis.

The wealthy and successful Czech-American woman kept her religious beliefs private from the public. According to a 2017 profile from The New Yorker, “Ivana was born in 1949 in what was then Czechoslovakia, to Catholic parents who refused to join the Communist Party.”

According to Christian Post, in 2011, President Trump told Christian Broadcasting Network that he is Presbyterian, noting, “I think religion is a wonderful thing. I think my religion is a wonderful religion.”

Despite claiming to be Presbyterian, he and his family have been attending Sunday services at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City for almost 50 years. According to a New York Times article, President Trump was unsure whether he ever officially joined the Reformed Church in America, of which Marble Church is a part.

The Trumps married in 1977 at Marble Collegiate Church, in Donald Trump’s first marriage and Ivana Trump’s second. Norman Vincent Peale, author of the best-selling book “The Power of Positive Thinking,” presided during the wedding.

During their marriage, the Trumps produced three children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.

“Ivana was raised (secretly) Catholic; in her person, however — and in the values she shares with her ex-husband, and proudly claims to have instilled in her children — swirls the exhaust of the Protestant ethic,” says a review from The Atlantic of Ivana’s 2017 memoir, “Raising Trump.”

The private funeral service for Trump will be a “Celebration of Life,” according to The New York Post, and guests are urged to make donations to Big Dog Ranch Rescue in lieu of flowers.