Her background was not a privileged one as one of six children growing up as Martha Kostyra in New Jersey. She was her salesman father's favorite, but he was cruel and a perfectionist. She became a ...

Martha Stewart has shared how her father, Edward Kostyra, protested against her engagement to her now ex-husband, Andrew ...

Martha Stewart (née Martha Helen Kostyra) is an American entrepreneur, writer and television host. After finding success as a published author throughout the '90s with books such as Entertaining ...

She dedicated the center to her mother, Martha Kostyra, who died in 2007 at age 93. "She was the picture of good health and well-being. She was a good example of growing old and being well," she says.