26k shares Under a photo of Alma smiling in a red blazer, the actor wrote: 'My angel. Rest in peace.' Alma was the mother of nine children including Mark, actor and New Kids On The Block singer, Donnie, 51, and celebrity chef Paul, 57, who named his Hingham, Massachusetts restaurant Alma Nove after her in 2010. Matriarch: Alma was the mother of nine children including Mark, actor and New Kids On The Block singer, Donnie, 51, and celebrity chef Paul, 57, who named his Hingham, Ma. restaurant Alma Nove after her in 2010 She was married to her children's father Donald Wahlberg from 1965 to 1982. Donald passed away in 2008 at the age of 78.