She was born in 1941 as Martha Kostyra, one of six children to Edward and Martha Kostyra, according to her website. Aside from sharing a name with her mother, Martha also picked up her mom’s can ...

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 ...

In a throwback to one of her classic cooking shows, Stewart recently posted a clip of herself cooking with her late mother, Martha Kostyra. Even more importantly, she revealed the secrets to the ...

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 ...

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.

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." Martha ...

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. Martha described her father as 'mean ...

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 ...

She was the second of six children shared by Edward and Martha Kostyra. The TV personality remembered she and Edward shared many similarities. "It was very obvious to everybody that I was his ...