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Divestiture Related Activities Divestiture Related Activities Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] |
| December 31,
| 2013
| (in thousands)
Current assets | $ | 4,750 |
Property and equipment, net | 116 |
Deferred charges and other assets | 2,375 |
Total assets | $ | 7,241 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 4,728 |
Deferred preneed funeral revenues | 938 |
Other long term liabilities | 30 |
Total liabilities | 5,696 |
Net assets of discontinued operations | $ | 1,545 |
Held for Sale, Net Assets [Table Text Block] |
| 2014 | 2013
| (In thousands)
Current assets | $ | 45 |  | $ | 4,569 |
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments | 5,048 |  | 356,064 |
Cemetery property | 165 |  | 89,060 |
Property and equipment, net | 43 |  | 71,618 |
Goodwill | 88 |  | 190,976 |
Deferred charges and other assets | 74 |  | 27,440 |
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments | 1,284 |  | 88,169 |
Total assets | $ | 6,747 |  | $ | 827,896 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 14 |  | 4,390 |
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts | 5,677 |  | 424,780 |
Care trusts' corpus | 1,284 |  | 88,262 |
Other long term liabilities | 27 |  | 4,209 |
Total liabilities | 7,002 |  | 521,641 |
Net assets held for sale | $ | (255 | ) | $ | 306,255 |
Gains (Losses) on Divestitures and Impairment Charges [Table Text Block] | As divestitures occur in the normal course of business, gains or losses on the sale of such locations are recognized in the income statement line item Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net, which consist of the following for the years ended December 31:
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (In thousands)
Gains (losses) on divestitures, net | $ | 122,535 |  |  | $ | (3,350 | ) |  | $ | 639 |
Impairment losses | (5,922 | ) |  | (2,913 | ) |  | (2,150 | )
| $ | 116,613 |  |  | $ | (6,263 | ) |  | $ | (1,511 | )
Schedule of Income from Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block] |
| Twelve Months Ended
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (In thousands)
Revenues | $ | 1,613 |  |  | $ | 5,907 |  |  | $ | 6,051 |
Costs and expenses | (1,471 | ) |  | (5,393 | ) |  | (5,609 | )
Gain on disposition | 2,136 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other expense, net | (2 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (42 | )
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes | 2,276 |  |  | 513 |  |  | 400 |
Provision for income taxes | (90 | ) |  | (107 | ) |  | (138 | )
Net income from discontinued operations | $ | 2,186 |  |  | $ | 406 |  |  | $ | 262 |

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