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Acquisition Acquisition, Textuals (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 23, 2013
Oct. 15, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jun. 03, 2011
Change in estimated value of accounts receivable and other current assets $ (10,900,000)sci_Changeinestimatedvalueofaccountsreceivableandothercurrentassets            
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price Per Share       $ 13.25us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice      
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs 39,700,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts            
Amortization of Acquisition Costs 28,400,000us-gaap_AcquisitionCosts            
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net 573,808,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet         37,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet  
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Noncurrent Assets, Receivables 140,000,000sci_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationNoncurrentAssetsReceivables            
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount 3,000,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount            
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue   11,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual          
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual   800,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual          
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired     10.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired   20.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired   70.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Including Subsequent Acquisition, Percentage         90.00%us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeIncludingSubsequentAcquisitionPercentage    
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred 1,500,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1            
Business Combination, Debt Assumed       331,500,000sci_Businesscombinationdebtassumed      
Acquisition costs - period interest 11,300,000sci_Acquisitioncostsperiodinterest            
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill 154,844,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill         37,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill  
Change in estimated valued of acquired cemetery property 2,674,000sci_Changeinestimatedvaluedofacquiredcemeteryproperty            
Decrease in property and equipment, net (10,331,000)sci_Decreaseinpropertyandequipmentnet            
Change in estimated value of preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments (9,570,000)sci_Changeinestimatedvalueofpreneedfuneralandcemeteryreceivablesandtrustinvestments            
Change in estimated valued of acquired finite lived intangible assets (30,834,000)sci_Changeinestimatedvaluedofacquiredfinitelivedintangibleassets            
Change in estimated valued of assets held for sale 85,775,000sci_Changeinestimatedvaluedofassetsheldforsale            
Change in value of deferred charges and other assets 311,000sci_Changeinvalueofdeferredchargesandotherassets            
Change in the estimated fair value of acquired deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trust 42,417,000sci_Changeintheestimatedfairvalueofacquireddeferredpreneedfuneralandcemeteryrevenuesanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust            
Change in value of acquired assets and liabilities held for sale (89,198,000)sci_Changeinvalueofacquiredassetsandliabilitiesheldforsale            
Change in estimated value of deferred income taxes 41,676,000sci_Changeinestimatedvalueofdeferredincometaxes            
Other changes in the estimated fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, net (17,250,000)sci_Otherchangesintheestimatedfairvalueofacquiredassetsandliabilitiesnet            
Total adjustment to the estimated amount of goodwill in a business combination 4,770,000sci_Totaladjustmenttotheestimatedamountofgoodwillinabusinesscombination            
Cemetery [Member]              
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net 258,213,600us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sci_CemeteryMember		            
Funeral [Member]              
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net 315,594,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= sci_FuneralMember		            
Current [Member]              
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount 14,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesGrossContractualAmount
/ sci_ClassificationAxis
= sci_CurrentMember		            
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible 2,900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesEstimatedUncollectible
/ sci_ClassificationAxis
= sci_CurrentMember		            
Noncurrent [Member]              
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount 170,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesGrossContractualAmount
/ sci_ClassificationAxis
= sci_NoncurrentMember		            
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible $ 30,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesEstimatedUncollectible
/ sci_ClassificationAxis
= sci_NoncurrentMember