Martha Kostyra, the Polish American mother of Martha Stewart who passed on to her daughter enough cooking, sewing and other household tips to fill several books, has died. She was 93. Kostyra died ...

Martha Ruszkowski was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Buffalo, N.Y. She married Edward Kostyra, and together they raised six children in a middle-class Catholic household in suburban Nutley, N.J. Both ...

Martha Ruszkowski was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Buffalo. She married Edward Kostyra, and they raised six children in a middle-class Catholic household in suburban Nutley, N.J. Both were teachers ...

Martha Ruszkowski was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Buffalo, N.Y. She married Edward Kostyra, and they raised six children in a middle-class Catholic household in suburban Nutley, N.J. The Kostyras ...

Big Martha, who was born Martha Ruszkowski, became Martha Kostyra after marrying her husband, Edward Kostyra, in 1937. Unlike ...

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.

Mother’s little helper Martha Stewart remembered her mom: “Martha Ruszkowski Kostyra. Born 1914. Polish. We called her Big Martha. “Living with my sister nearby in Connecticut, she’d come ...

Martha Ruszkowski was born in 1914 in Buffalo, New York. She married Edward Kostyra, and together they raised six children in a middle-class Catholic household in suburban Nutley, New Jersey.

Martha Ruszkowski was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Buffalo, N.Y. She married Edward Kostyra and together they raised six children in a middle-class Catholic household in suburban Nutley, N.J. Both were ...

Martha Ruszkowski was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Buffalo, N.Y. She married Edward Kostyra, and together they raised six children in a middle-class Catholic household in suburban Nutley, N.J. Both ...