Quote Originally Posted by zitro View Post
I e-mailed a family member of the Calcaterra's who is a friend of mine and asked about this and this was the response:


"It was originally a supermarket. The original funeral home was near Riopelle by the Roma Cafe. And then there was another on East Grand Boulevard."
The Calcaterra Funeral Home at 7 Mile and Kelly Road was a supermarket [[I never knew the name) prior to it's reconstruction into an 8 chapel funeral home. It was to replace the Calcaterra Funeral Home at Outer Drive and Gratiot which was sold to The House of Diggs. Roma Cafe was a family favorite and the tiny bar featured many black and white photos of Frank J. and Louis C. Calcaterra from the era of the Italian Ghetto. Frank J. operated the Funeral Home in St. Louis and Louis C. the one in Detroit. I do not recall there ever being a funeral home prior to the Outer Drive one.