Memorials may be made to SLU Lupus Research, 1402 S. Grand, Doisey Hall 213 A, St. Louis, MO 63104. Mildred L. Rayfield (nee: Taylor), of St. Charles, Missouri, died on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the age of 89. Dear wife of the late Harold K. "Bud" Rayfield; dear daughter of the late Robert E. and Bird Maude Taylor; loving mother of James ("Joe") L. Kinker, Bird S. Pisciotta and John M. Kinker; dear step-mother of James L. Rayfield; cherished grandmother of eight; proud great-grandmother of sixteen; dear sister of S.E. Taylor, Rogers Hornsby Taylor, Ronald Taylor, the late Marie Giebe and the late June Bone. She was employed as a Clerk of Magistrate Court at St. Charles County in St. Charles, Missouri. She was a member of First Capital Republican Women's Club, and the American Legion Auxiliary, she was on the Board of Directors for the Salvation Army and served as a Committee Woman for Missouri Republican Party. Cremation by the Baue Crematory.