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Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations (Assets and Liabilities Associated with the Cemetery and Funeral Home Businesses Held for Sale) (Details) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | ||||
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Sep. 30, 2014
Cemetery [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2014
Ohio [Member]
Funeral homes [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2014
Kentucky [Member]
Funeral homes [Member]
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| Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] | |||||
| Proceeds from Sale of Property Held-for-sale | $ 200,000 | $ 600,000 | $ 1,100,000 | ||
| Assets: | |||||
| Current assets | 0 | 3,544,000 | |||
| Preneed cemetery trust investments | 73,072,000 | 68,341,000 | |||
| Preneed funeral trust investments | 98,525,000 | 97,144,000 | |||
| Preneed receivables | 26,053,000 | 24,521,000 | |||
| Goodwill | 257,504,000 | 221,087,000 | |||
| Cemetery perpetual care trust investments | 50,234,000 | 42,342,000 | |||
| Liabilities: | |||||
| Deferred preneed cemetery revenue | 57,340,000 | 55,479,000 | |||
| Deferred preneed funeral revenue | 30,833,000 | 30,588,000 | |||
| Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust | 98,525,000 | 97,144,000 | |||
| Care trusts corpus | 50,203,000 | 41,893,000 | |||
| Total | $ 0 | $ 4,357,000 | |||