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Supplementary Information (Notes) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Supplementary Information [Abstract] |
Additional Financial Information Disclosure [Text Block] | Supplementary Information Revenues and Costs and Expenses The detail of certain income statement accounts as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations is as follows:
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
| 2015 | 2014
| (In thousands)
Property and merchandise revenues: |  |
Funeral | $ | 160,898 |  | $ | 164,176 |
Cemetery | 161,280 |  | 155,392 |
Total property and merchandise revenues | 322,178 |  | 319,568 |
Services revenues: |  |
Funeral | 313,886 |  | 310,105 |
Cemetery | 71,541 |  | 71,383 |
Total services revenues | 385,427 |  | 381,488 |
Other revenues | 40,512 |  | 44,439 |
Total revenues | $ | 748,117 |  | $ | 745,495 |
Property and merchandise costs and expenses: |  |
Funeral | $ | 79,158 |  | $ | 81,455 |
Cemetery | 69,023 |  | 69,537 |
Total cost of property and merchandise | 148,181 |  | 150,992 |
Services costs and expenses: |  |
Funeral | 154,972 |  | 158,533 |
Cemetery | 34,133 |  | 37,038 |
Total cost of services | 189,105 |  | 195,571 |
Overhead and other expense | 232,882 |  | 232,870 |
Total costs and expenses | $ | 570,168 |  | $ | 579,433 |
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Transactions
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (In thousands)
Options exercised by attestation |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 761 |
Shares repurchased |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (761 | )
Net change in capital expenditure accrual |  | $ | (3,547 | ) |  | $ | (1,483 | )

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