Friends, Family Pay Final Respects to Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola

— -- A private funeral for "Mob Wives" reality star Angela "Big Ang" Raiola took place this morning, as scheduled, at the Basilica of Regina Pacis in Brooklyn, NY.

From photos taken outside the church, hundreds of friends, family members and co-stars came out to pay their final respects to the woman who lost her battle to cancer last week at the age of 55.

A burial was scheduled to follow the funeral at Resurrection Cemetery in Staten Island.

Raiola died early Thursday morning, a week after she revealed she was diagnosed with stage 4 brain and lung cancer. She had been undergoing treatment since earlier in the year.

"I am saddened to say that [at] 3:01 am Ang lost her battle with cancer. She passed peacefully surrounded by friends and family. My heart is broken for her whole family - especially her children and grandchildren and I will never forget her," creator and producer of "Mob Wives" Jennifer Graziano told ABC News in a statement.