Martha Stewart’s mom, known as Big Martha, passed away at age 93 at a hospital near her home in Weston, Stewart wrote on her website.

"I am very sad to tell you that my mom passed away." Stewart wrote on her blog Saturday. "Here's a tribute to Martha Kostyra - Big Martha."

During her last week’s show, Stewart told her audience that her mother, who often appeared with her daughter on television offering expert cooking instruction, was hospitalized after she suffered a "minor stroke."

Born on September 16, 1914, in Buffalo, N.Y, Martha Ruszkowski married Edward Kostyra, and together they raised six children in an environment that shaped Stewart to become the culinary expert she is today.

"They were very good parents," Stewart was quoted by Los Angeles Times as saying. "They never didn't have time to explain something. That's how I raised my daughter, Alexis, too. And that's what I hope the American family could be and should be: busy and happy and everybody helping each other."

While a guest on CNN’s "Larry King Live" four years ago, Kostyra described herself as "very proud" of her daughter's accomplishments.

"And you know, the first thing people say to me when they meet me for the first time, they'll say, 'Did you teach her everything she knows?' Well, I'll take the credit, certainly," Kostyra said in the interview, acknowledging that Stewart was a perfectionist and "very fussy" growing up.

"Probably learned it from me," she added.