Current:Home > MarketsFuneral set for Melania Trump’s mother at church near Mar-a-Lago-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Funeral set for Melania Trump’s mother at church near Mar-a-Lago
View Date:2024-12-23 16:37:59
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Funeral services for former first lady Melania Trump’s mother, Amalija Knavs, are scheduled for Thursday at a church not far from the family’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Private services for Knavs, 78, will be at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, the congregation former President Donald Trump sometimes attends and where he and his wife were married in 2005. Knavs died Jan. 9 in Miami after an undisclosed illness.
During the Trump presidency, the first lady’s mother lived in New York along with her father, Viktor Knavs, who survives her, and occasionally appeared at the White House. Amalija Knavs was at a 2018 ceremony where the first lady debuted her “Be Best” public awareness campaign to help children.
The Knavses raised Melania, born Melanija, and her older sister, Ines, in the rural industrial town of Sevnica while Slovenia was under Communist rule as part of Yugoslavia. Amalija Knavs was a textile worker and homemaker, while her husband worked as chauffeur before becoming a car dealer.
The former first lady, 53, attended high school in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, and changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling. She settled in New York in 1996 and met Trump in 1998.
She sponsored her parents’ immigration to the United States, and they became citizens at a New York City courthouse in 2018, while Trump was president.
Their lawyer said at the time that they applied for citizenship on their own and didn’t get any special treatment.
veryGood! (4561)
Related
- Amazon Prime Video to stream Diamond Sports' regional networks
- Social media companies made $11 billion in ad revenue from kids and teens, study finds
- Massachusetts lottery winner chooses $390,000 over $25,000-per-year, for life
- Cher asks court to give her conservatorship over her adult son
- Mike Tyson emerges as heavyweight champ among product pitchmen before Jake Paul fight
- Cher Files for Conservatorship of Son Elijah Blue Allman
- Photos of Christmas 2023 around the world
- Ariana Grande teases first album since 2020's 'Positions': 'So happy and grateful'
- Klay Thompson returns to Golden State in NBA Cup game. How to watch
- Alabama aims to get medical marijuana program started in 2024
Ranking
- College Football Playoff bracket: Complete playoff picture after latest rankings
- Massive building fire temporarily shuts down interstate highway in Louisville, Kentucky
- Celtics send Detroit to NBA record-tying 28th straight loss, beating Pistons 128-122 in OT
- Cardi B Weighs in on Her Relationship Status After Offset Split
- Sister Wives’ Janelle Brown Alleges Ex Kody Made False Claims About Family’s Finances
- Nevada drivers can now add a symbol identifying certain medical conditions on their driver license
- Jessica Chastain Puts Those Evelyn Hugo Rumors to Rest Once and for All
- Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls sports
Recommendation
-
Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid Enjoy a Broadway Date Night and All that Jazz
-
Public libraries reveal their most borrowed books of 2023
-
Federal judge OKs new GOP-drawn congressional map in Georgia
-
Russell Wilson signals willingness to move on in first comment since Broncos benching
-
Brush fire erupts in Brooklyn's iconic Prospect Park amid prolonged drought
-
Pistons blow 21-point lead, fall to Celtics in OT as losing streak matches NBA overall record at 28
-
North Korea’s new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says
-
American woman believed to be held hostage by Hamas was actually killed in Oct. 7 attack, spokesperson says