Melania Trump Remembers Her Mother as ‘A Ray of Light in the Darkest Days’

Former President Donald Trump, (center R), stands with his wife Melania, (2nd L), their son Barron, (center L), and father-in-law Viktor Knavs, as the coffin carrying the remains of Amalija Knavs, the former first lady's mother, is carried into the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea for her funeral, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 18, 2024. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo

PALM BEACH, Fla.—Former First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday remembered her mother as “a ray of light in the darkest of days” during a funeral service at a church not far from the family’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

The former first lady said she always found peace in the presence of her mother, Amalija Knavs, 78, and that her mother was always there to listen.