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Martha Kostyra aka Big Martha, 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 teacher, died Friday at Norwalk Hospital of undisclosed causes.
Mrs. Kostyra and her husband, the late Edward Kostyra, raised their children in Nutley, N.J., where, Stewart said, she learned many tricks of what later turned into her trade.
In an appearance in December 2003 on CNN's "Larry King Live," Mrs. Kostyra said people often asked if she taught her daughter everything she knows. "Well, I'll take the credit, certainly," she said.
Mrs. Kostyra, a retired teacher, died Friday at Norwalk Hospital of undisclosed causes.
Mrs. Kostyra and her husband, the late Edward Kostyra, raised their children in Nutley, N.J., where, Stewart said, she learned many tricks of what later turned into her trade.
In an appearance in December 2003 on CNN's "Larry King Live," Mrs. Kostyra said people often asked if she taught her daughter everything she knows. "Well, I'll take the credit, certainly," she said.