Samuel Alexander “Sam” Sloan IV was born October 16, 1933, near Blairstown, Mo., the oldest of three sons, to Samuel Alexander Sloan III and Evelyn Mae (Barnet) Sloan. On May 31, 2025, at the age of 91, Sam passed away in Clinton, Mo.
As a young boy, Sam learned the ways of farm life at a young age alongside his father. He attended school at Blairstown and played basketball on the A team all 4 years of high school. After graduation, he worked in the fertilizer business in Shelby, Indiana until being called to serve in the United States Army. He was discharged into the United States Air Force for two additional years. After his military service, he moved back to Missouri and resumed his work in agriculture and started Sloan Feed Co. in Green Ridge with his brother. Expanding his career, he was part of a large cattle ranch in Minnesota. He married Janice Long in 1960 and they were the parents of two boys, Samuel Jeffrey and Kent Richard.
The seed business grew quickly, and Sam established the Missouri Seed Company. After several years, he sold this business and moved to Windsor and opened Sloan Seed Co in the early 1980s which would eventually encompass seed companies in Lockwood, Golden City, Nevada, Warrensburg, and the Paul Beaty Seed Co. in Windsor.
In 1987, he married Janet (Morriss) Port and they made their home in Windsor on the historic “Boney” farm.
Sam started Sloan Cattle Co. with 2,000 head of cattle spread across over 10,000 acres of Missouri land. As a man of business, he also acquired the former Ferguson Chevrolet in Windsor which became Sloan Chevrolet. He then bought the Warrensburg Chevrolet/Cadillac dealership and moved the dealership to its current location on Hwy 50. He built a commercial warehouse in Sedalia which he owned and operated for 5 years. He was a member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
He sold the seed business and much of the cattle and land in the early 2000s. However, he continued to be involved in the farming and cattle business and bought and sold several large acreages farms in the Kansas Flint Hills in his retirement years. He and Jan worked together as partners in Sam’s business endeavors and spent time traveling and especially enjoyed a road trip following the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Making the most of opportunities that would come his way, Sam was an astute businessman. Yet he enjoyed the simple pleasures of life including driving the countryside, running farm machinery, and coming home to his farm and faithful dog companion, Annie.
Survivors include his wife Jan; a son, Kent Sloan, of Kansas City; 2 step-children Christopher Port (Kathy) of Warrensburg, Mo., and Gretchen Watson (Jerry) of Victoria, Texas; a grandson, Chadd Sloan; a step granddaughter, Elizabeth “Ellie” Sloan; a step great-granddaughter, Charlie Jo; 2 brothers, Daryl Sloan (Millie), Creighton, Mo., and Gary Sloan (Marilyn), Urich, Mo.; a step-sister, Susan Ritter (Jim), Wichita, Kansas; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by the untimely passing of his mother, Evelyn, and his father and step-mother, Sam and Alma Sloan; and a son, Jeff Sloan.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Windsor United Methodist Church with Rev. Ross Fulton officiating. The family will receive friends before the service at the church on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A procession led by the Calhoun Fire Department from the church to Grant Cemetery in Creighton, Mo., will begin at 1:30 p.m. Graveside services with Military Honors will be at 2:30 p.m. Friends unable to attend the funeral service may pay their respects Friday, June 20, at the Hadley Funeral Home, Windsor, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The family suggests contributions to the Show Me Christian Youth Home in care of the Hadley Funeral Home, Windsor. Condolences may be left online at www.hadleyfuneralhome.com.
