Sue Van Sloun
Posted on January 20, 2025 by Jenny ONeill
WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT
Sylvia “Sue” Maxwell Van Sloun (1928-2019)
Business owner
1787 E Main Scotch Pine Lane, Westport Point
Sylvia “Sue” A.M. Maxwell was born in New York City, daughter of the late Eugene Lascalles Maxwell and Sylvia A. (Lathrop) Maxwell. He had been a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
She was first married to Robert Baker, Jr, a Westport resident, in 1957 in New York after which she moved to Westport. She and Mr. Baker were divorced. She married Neil J. Van Sloun in 1969. She had no children.
She worked as a physical education teacher at Friends Academy from 1964-1969.
She and her husband Neil were the co-owners of Sylvan Nursery incorporated in 1990 on Horseneck Road in Westport. She also co-founded the Van Sloun Foundation in 1992 with Neil. She was co-founder of Sylvan Clinic which is part of the Animal Rescue League in Fall River.
Sue served on the Board of Directors of the Faxon Animal Rescue League of Fall River and was awarded the Arthur F. North, Jr. Canine Service Award from Baker Institute in 1998 for her role in aiding “recognition and elimination of heritable eye diseases in dogs.” She was a founding member and first president of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club (USA) and she owned and trained many tollers over the years.