8:35 a.m.PT – Donnie shared a video tribute to his mother. Writing, “I am so blessed to have been brought into this world, educated by, taught by, and set on my life path by such a wonderful woman.” He continued, “She was the embodiment of the word grace.”
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Alma Wahlberg – the matriarch of the family and the mother of Mark Donnie and 7 other children – died.
Mark shared the news … posted a picture of his mom and wrote, “My angel. Rest in peace.”
In July 2020 … Donnie had posted about his mother’s health issues. He wrote, “I know so many of you have asked how my mother is Alma. During my visit she didn’t remember much and was often confused, but somehow she was still Alma. ”
Donnie added, “She’s still lighting up a room. She still made me smile. She is still stubborn. And she still loves her baby Donnie. Thank you all for your good wishes. who are away from their loved ones. “
Mama Wahlberg was featured extensively in the A&E series “Wahlburgers” … which aired for 10 seasons as it followed Mark and Donnie’s older brother’s ambitions to create a burger joint that eventually rose to fame and expanded into the New England area.
Alma had 9 children … Mark, Donnie, Paul Robert Jim Arthur Tracey Michelle and DebbieAccording to her A&E biography … Alma was a hostess and a greeter at her sons’ burger joints, but had previously worked as a bank clerk and nurse helping her family make ends meet. The whole family lived in a tight space when she grew up in Dorchester.
Paul honored his mother when he opened a luxury Italian joint in Hingham, MA and named it Alma Nove … a tribute to Alma and her nine children.
Alma was 78.
REST IN PEACE