PROVO, Utah – Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son was laid to rest Monday at a private funeral service held in Provo, Utah.
The 50-year-old star addressed hundreds of mourners at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel, which included the biological mother of her adopted late son Michael Bryan, who died on Feb. 26.
"I'd just like to say thank you to everybody," said Osmond, according to People. "As you see I have amazing support from great men, my family, my brothers. God was very wise when he put me into a family with honorable men because they have served as examples for my children."
"I'm so proud of each and every one of you," she continued. "I'm proud of my son and I honor his birthmother who's here today, who gave me the greatest gift. Thank you for those beautiful 18 years."
The service ended with Osmond joining her brothers in singing the hymn, "God Be with You Till We Meet Again."
Close family friend Mary Hart was among the mourners. The television reporter told Entertainment Tonight that she was moved by the touching tributes to Bryan, one of five children adopted by Osmond.
"His siblings spoke so lovingly and with such a great deal of humor, that you know, we were laughing and crying at the same time," said Hart.
"I know it made Marie feel much better," she added of the day's events. "This is just, you know, an insurmountable loss for her, but Marie's tough and she has her very strong faith and her phenomenal family and just seeing all of the Osmonds once again pulling together to support one another, and to see their love, is just way beyond anything that can be contained in this church."
Bryan, who previously used his adoptive father's last name of Blosil, died in an apparent suicide after jumping from the eighth floor of Los Angeles apartment building. The young man, one of the entertainer's eight children, had long battled depression.
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