Martha Kostyra, 93, the Polish American mother of Martha Stewart who passed on to her daughter enough cooking, sewing and other household tips to fill several books, died Nov. 16 at Norwalk Hospital ...

Before she was a self-made billionaire, she was a model, and the throwback modeling photos of Martha Stewart make her look like a different person.

Kostyra, a retired teacher whose family long ago nicknamed her "Big Martha," died Friday at Norwalk Hospital of undisclosed causes, according to a notice published Saturday in local newspapers.

Martha Helen Kostyra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1941, to Edward and Martha Kostyra and grew up in Nutley in a family of six children. She was very close to her mother, (pictured), who was ...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Martha Kostyra, who taught her daughter Martha Stewart many domestic tricks and techniques, has died at a hospital near her home in Weston. She was 93. Mrs. Kostyra, a retired ...