Byron Karl Kasahara, 39 year old Tucson AZ resident passed away after a long illness on Jun. 13, 2008. Byron is survived by wife Casandra Lopez of Tucson, AZ; mother Patricia Kasahara of Los Angeles; daughters Kellie Anne and Keileene Kasahara of Gardena; step children Samantha and Ernesto Lopez of Tucson, AZ; aunts Louise Anbe of Wailuku HI, Thelma Kasahara of Kahului HI, and Sadae Kasahara of Kihei, HI; uncle Hiroshi Kasahara of Kahului HI., and many cousins, other relatives in Los Angeles, Hawaii, Oregon, Las Vegas NV., and Stockton CA. Predeceased by Byron's father the late James "Butch" Kasahara.

Services will be held Saturday July 19, 2008, 11:00AM at Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 815 E. 1st St., Los Angeles.