HARTFORD, Conn. — Martha Kostyra, whose daughter Martha Stewart credits her with teaching her many domestic tricks and techniques, has died at a hospital near her home in Weston. She was 93.

Martha Stewart may be a household name, but the lifestyle guru was once known by another moniker. She was born in 1941 as Martha Kostyra, one of six children to Edward and Martha Kostyra ...

Beautiful and blonde, Marta Stewart, born Martha Kostyra in New Jersey, could have been stuck in the mold of the stereotypical “dumb blonde,” imprisoned by false expectations. She could also ...

Martha Stewart's mom, Martha Kostyra, had several genius tips for making mac and cheese, starting with adding tomato paste into the base sauce, which gives the dish a pink color and a boost of ...

Martha Stewart in the Netflix documentary (photo: Netflix) Morphed Her background was not a privileged one as one of six children growing up as Martha Kostyra in New Jersey. She was her salesman ...

In a chapter of sumptuous desserts, a young Stewart, then Martha Kostyra, donning coiffed hair and pearls, smiles in the only existing family portrait of the Kostyra family from the 1950s. On the ...

In an interview with PEOPLE in 1995, Martha’s mother, Martha Kostyra, admitted that the divorce “badly wounded" Martha, adding, “I don’t think she’ll ever get over it." ...

Her mother, Martha Kostyra, was a teacher and the pair could barely afford to raise six children, so often sold their produce in return for other essentials.

She was born to Edward and Martha Kostyra and was raised in Nutley, New Jersey, the second of six siblings. All six of them were taught early on to earn their lot by their father, teaching them ...