| Schedule of Product Information [Table Text Block] |
The detail of certain income statement accounts as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated Statement of Operations is as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended | | Nine Months Ended | | September 30, | | September 30, | | 2016 | | 2015 | | 2016 | | 2015 | | (In thousands) | Property and merchandise revenue: | | | | | | | | Funeral | $ | 145,989 |
| | $ | 146,187 |
| | $ | 459,907 |
| | $ | 460,317 |
| Cemetery | 215,570 |
| | 206,231 |
| | 631,000 |
| | 601,372 |
| Total property and merchandise revenue | 361,559 |
| | 352,418 |
| | 1,090,907 |
| | 1,061,689 |
| Services revenue: | | | | | | | | Funeral | 268,588 |
| | 267,279 |
| | 843,004 |
| | 867,969 |
| Cemetery | 52,748 |
| | 51,804 |
| | 163,495 |
| | 164,075 |
| Total services revenue | 321,336 |
| | 319,083 |
| | 1,006,499 |
| | 1,032,044 |
| Other revenue | 38,572 |
| | 42,952 |
| | 124,677 |
| | 123,028 |
| Total revenue | $ | 721,467 |
| | $ | 714,453 |
| | $ | 2,222,083 |
| | $ | 2,216,761 |
| Property and merchandise costs and expenses: | | | | | | | | Funeral | $ | 67,529 |
| | $ | 69,902 |
| | $ | 216,752 |
| | $ | 220,372 |
| Cemetery | 118,467 |
| | 112,125 |
| | 352,087 |
| | 332,940 |
| Total cost of property and merchandise | 185,996 |
| | 182,027 |
| | 568,839 |
| | 553,312 |
| Services costs and expenses: | | | | | | | | Funeral | 154,166 |
| | 156,105 |
| | 470,974 |
| | 469,885 |
| Cemetery | 26,005 |
| | 24,388 |
| | 82,593 |
| | 80,594 |
| Total cost of services | 180,171 |
| | 180,493 |
| | 553,567 |
| | 550,479 |
| Overhead and other expenses | 214,555 |
| | 210,254 |
| | 634,019 |
| | 626,183 |
| Total costs and expenses | $ | 580,722 |
| | $ | 572,774 |
| | $ | 1,756,425 |
| | $ | 1,729,974 |
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