Montreal charity founder Lynda Turner aimed to give hope to people with cancer

When Lynda Turner was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1990, she received a visit in her room at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital from a woman on crutches who wanted to know if there was anything she could do. The visitor was Sheila Kussner, who had lost her leg as a teenager to osteosarcoma – the disease Terry Fox had – and who spent her adult life trying to bring hope to people with cancer.Ms. Kussner, who died on Aug. 6, two weeks shy of her 92nd birthday, was the founder of Hope & Cope, a Montreal-based non-profit organization offering support and other vital services to cancer patients.