Acquisition Level 3 (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Acquisition [Abstract]  
Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]
The following table summarizes the adjusted fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of March 26, 2010, for various purchase price allocation adjustments made subsequent to our first quarter results:
 
(In thousands)
Accounts receivable
$
6,131

Other current assets
20,200

Cemetery property
19,949

Property and equipment, net
105,888

Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments
66,395

Finite-lived intangible assets
34,312

Indefinite-lived intangible assets
33,700

Deferred charges and other assets
6,533

Goodwill
108,643

Total assets acquired
401,751

Current liabilities
11,719

Long-term debt
2,548

Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts
69,336

Deferred tax liability
20,939

Other liabilities
8,347

Total liabilities assumed
112,889

Net assets acquired
$
288,862
Schedule of Finite and Indefinte-lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of a Business Comination [Table Text Block]
The identified intangible assets are comprised of the following:
 
Useful life
 
 
 
Minimum
 
Maximum
 
Fair Value
 
(Years)
 
(In thousands)
Preneed customer relationships related to insurance claims
10
 
10
 
$
15,200

Other preneed customer relationships
10

14
 
1,740

Covenants-not-to-compete
5

15
 
13,332

Operating leases
5

15
 
440

Tradenames
5
 
5
 
3,600

Tradenames
 
 
Indefinite
 
33,200

Licenses and permits
 
 
Indefinite
 
500

Total intangible assets

 
 
 
$
68,012
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]
The following unaudited pro forma summary presents financial information as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the year presented for the consolidated company:
 
 
 
2010
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Revenue
 
 
$
2,220,204

Net income
 
 
$
129,970