Lauren Fern "Pabemasnokwe" BigGoose, 31, of Tama, Iowa passed away with family by her side at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

She was born on December 6th, 1993, in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Lester Lee BigGoose Jr. and Kelly Ann Chandler. She graduated high school from Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, Oklahoma in 2012. After high school she attended Friends University as well as Haskell Indian University for a short time.

Lauren worked in different positions in the gaming industry, working at Prairie Band Casino & Resort in Mayetta, KS and the Meskwaki Casino & Hotel in Tama, IA. She was a former member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and attended the Native American Church throughout all her life, she was a Catholic. Her father is a member of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma and her mother is a member of the Ft. Belknap Tribe of Montana, respectively.

Lauren enjoyed cooking, spending time with her companion Monroe, he survives of the home, playing with her two cats, visiting with her friends and family in person and on the phone, going to the casino, doing her hair and makeup, cruising and road trips and most of all spending time with her two beautiful children Bubba and Shine. She was known for her loving and fun personality, her laughs and her amazing smile with those two beautiful dimples.

Lauren is survived by her two children Dayson and Sunshine Keahna of Tama, IA, her companion Monroe Wanatee of Tama, IA, her mother, Kelly Chandler of Hays, MT, her father Lester BigGoose Jr. of Hoyt, KS, her grandmother Jeanette Little Sun of Hoyt, KS, three sisters and one brother, LeRain BigGoose, of Kansas City, KS, Levonna BigGoose of Hoyt, KS, and Kassandra Medrano and Tony Chandler, of Ft. Belknap Agency, MT, as well as her niece and nephew, Webtetek and Winter Seymour.

She was proceeded in death by her maternal grandparents and her paternal grandfather.

A traditional supper at sundown followed by a Native American Church service will be held on Sunday, March 23rd, 2025, at Wayne Jessepe's home on the Kickapoo Reservation. Burial will be at 10am on Monday at the Swah-Kah-Ah Jessepe family cemetery followed by a traditional noon meal.