Wow,Right now I am in tears. Little did many people know that Alton Douglas Saunders had a younger brother named Ralph and two sisters. One of his sisters name is Dita and the other named Arketa. I am Arketa. I am one of Altons baby sisters.Our family wasnt very close at all, Ive never really known why but at one time Alton and I had become very close.He lived at one time in Brooklyn on Halsey Street.He attended Boys High School went on to graduate from Hunter College then was drafted into the army when I was in the 9th Grade. After him leaving the Army-Viet Nam was the first time we all lived as a family for a short period.As time went on Alton moved to Manhattan and took a job on West 4th and Jones as a chef. I remember the restaurant name was The West 4th Saloon across the street from the Pink Pussy Cat.One of my neighbors told me he saw Alton in the village thats when I started going to the village to eat hoping to run into him because I knew he was a cook .After hanging out one Friday night my then husband and I walked across the street to the West 4th Saloon to have dinner and drinks and while I was waiting for my drink I looked up and I couldnt believe who I saw behind the bar. My brother Alton!!!!!!.I was so excited I walked over to the bar and just stood quietly until he noticed me which he did and he was just as excited. He came out from behind the bar picked me up twirled me around and asked what are doing here? Of course me being sarcastic I said eating!! We both laughed he walked me back to my table,I introduced him to my husband he immediately took a break,sat with us then we waited until he got off work and we all hung out all night the city.After that, we were in touch all the time.Many times we spent going to Madison Square Garden to see the Nicks Basketball game with my hubby with our dad. As time went by we lost track of each other,because I came to the restaurant one day and I was told that he no longer worked there. A girl told me he quit. I tried to find him for many many years after that with very little resources. I was only told by another co worker that he was working somewhere in Tribecca. I knew why he quit,i wont go into detail. A few years ago I thought of him again as I often did and something told me to go on the internet and google his name. Ive always remembered his birthday and the year that he was born and then all of his information popped up and thats when my heart dropped. I read that my oldest brother had past away and was cremated in 2011 with no other information except it was in NY NY. I immediately contacted my our baby sister to let her know. Our mother is 95 years old and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's back in 2005.When telling her son my brother had passed she couldnt even remember who he was. That was just as heart breaking. Today again I went on the internet remembering it was close to his passing date and soon to be his birthday I went back on the internet just to see if there was any additional information on my brothers death to only find this site that was made in memory of him. I would like to thank the person that thought enough of him to do this for him.As soon as I saw this profile picture of him I immediately burst into tears because we all look so much a like and the Last time I saw him he had hair. I smiled a bit after seeing this picture because he use to walk with his brush and constantly brush his hair all the time until I said to him once you are going to brush your hair until you go bald. Well as it seems I right. The most i remember about my brother was that he loved music,he loved to dance and he was a smooth dancer,loved Vodka and Orange juice and would shake his legs back and forth while sitting down which is something we all do.I guess its a nervous tick. Ive accepted his passing due to our dad and other brother also passing but not knowing how he passed or where, really bothers me because regardless he was my brother,thinking all this time that he passed away without any family still haunts me.Knowing that he might have been ill or suffering without any family member by his side makes me sad to this day. But it brings joy now knowing that he had friends around him that loved and cared about him and for that Im forever grateful. If there is anyone of his friends that visits and read this was close to him before his passing I would so appreciate if someone could reach out to me.My name is Arketa my email address is nycarketa@hotmail.com. Thank You,Thank you.