Obituary - Susan (McCarvel) (Dion) Landsverk

It is with a heavy heart that we share our loss of our loved one and dear friend Susan (Dion) (Landsverk) McCarvel. A loving wife, stepmother, sister, aunt has passed away February 7th, 2024.

Susan was  born in Havre, January 3rd, 1951, to Winifred and Bernard Landsverk.

Bernard, her father, passed away in Susan's early childhood. Susan felt the loss of her father every day. Her mother, Winnie, later married Pete Dion Sr., a farmer who had four young boys, Ira, Pete, Fred, Bob.

She had four loves of her life, Peter "Pug" Dion and Frances M. McCarvel, both of her husbands preceded her in death in 2009 and 2015. She loved her loyal, faithful dog companion, Chucky, who will remain with Susan's sister Judy, in Arizona. Susan also had a love for gardening and outdoor flowers. They made her heart smile as she tended them every summer. 

Susan was an entrepreneur. She and Pete opened one of the first video stores in Montana, called (The Film Library) which turned in to a small empire. They sold the video stores in 1990. 

Susan went to massage school, then later upon graduation opened and operated Therapeutic Touch Massage in Havre, Montana, which she sold several years later for heath reasons. 

Susan was preceded in death by her parents, Winifred and Bernard, and her stepbrothers Fred (Caroline) Dion, Ira (Gene) Dion and Pete Dion. 

Susan is survived by her stepbrother Bob (Peggy) Dion of Great Falls and her sisters Ann (Sam) Stuart of Missoula and Judy (Peter) McElligott of Arizona, along with five stepchildren Kathleen "Kitty" (Miles) Gillis of Havre, Tina Dion of Havre, Dee (Mike) Biegler of Cut Bank, Addie (Gary) Gullickson of Big Sandy and Peter (Nikki) Lozing of North Cut Bank. 

Susan has six grandchildren, Angie Davidson, Krystal Loring, Ryle Biegler, Samantha Embody, Mariha Habel and Matthew Gullickson and five great-grandchildren, Tuff Biegler, Tyla and Zoie Gullickson, Emmett Embody and Cade Habel. 

Susan will be laid to rest in this summer of 2024 in Havre, Montana. A celebration of life announcement will be made prior to that time. The family requests any memorial donations to local hospice.