Gert Boyle, who fled Nazi Germany with her family when she was 13 and turned Columbia Sportswear Company into a thriving enterprise with ads that featured her as “one tough mother” after her husband ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Gert ‘‘Mother'' Boyle has lived her life and built Columbia Sportswear into a billion-dollar global business guided by a few simple rules, rugged determination and a playful wit.

PORTLAND, Ore — Gert Boyle, the colorful chairwoman of Oregon-based Columbia Sportswear Co. who starred in ads proclaiming her as “One Tough Mother,” died Sunday. She was 95. Company spokeswoman Mary ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Thousands gathered at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Thursday morning to celebrate the life of Gert Boyle. The longtime leader of Columbia Sportswear died on Nov. 3 at the age of 95.

Gert "Mother" Boyle looks on before making remarks during a book signing last week in Portland, Ore. Boyle has lived her life and built Columbia Sportswear into a billion-dollar global business guided ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Gert ‘‘Mother'' Boyle has lived her life and built Columbia Sportswear into a billion- dollar global business guided by a few simple rules, rugged determination and a playful wit.