TAUNTON Retired Taunton firefighter Russell Laine spent his life helping others, his son Keith Laine said. He would drop anything that he was doing to help somebody in need. Do anything for his friends. He was always loving and caring, Keith said of his father.
Russell Laine died March 5 after a 21-month battle with non-Hodgkin s lymphoma at the age of 62, Keith said. He was living in Summerfield, Florida, where he moved in 2015 after 32 years as a Taunton firefighter.
Russell Laine was born and raised in Taunton. He and his wife Robin married when he was 17 and she was 15 after meeting through a horse farm, and they were together ever since, Keith said.