Lucy Ben Sleepy

LUCY BEN SLEEPY Funeral services for lifelong Hatch, Utah resident Lucy Ben Sleepy will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Lucy was born on October 10, 1927 at Navajo White Mesa, Utah and she passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 82. Lucy was a member of the Native American Church and the Methodist Church in Hatch. She was known as a Navajo traditionalist. Lucy enjoyed beading, weaving, camping, herding sheep, and cooking. She was a wonderful seamstress. Surviving Lucy are her children, Hazel Blackhorse of Cortez, Daisy Thomas of Cortez, Luella Begay of Cortez, Bernice Eddie and husband, Thomas of Cortez, Alberta Sleepy and husband, Roy Begay of Hatch, Utah, Sandra Bennallie and husband, Davis of Montezuma Creek, Utah, Virgil Sleepy of Hatch, Utah, and Colonel Sleepy of Hatch, Utah; 22 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and her sister, Amelia Begay of Montezuma Creek, Utah. Lucy was preceded in death by her parents; by her husband, Leroy Lee Sleepy; by her children, Clarence Ben, Glenna Sleepy, Arthur Sleepy, and Harrison Sleepy; and by one brother.