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Preneed Cemetery Activities Investment Related Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Investment related activities [Line Items] |  |
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities | $ 11,882 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains | $ 46,678 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities | (11,892)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses | (4,110)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses
Cemetery |  |
Investment related activities [Line Items] |  |
Deposits | 35,161 sci_DepositsToTrust / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember | 28,271 sci_DepositsToTrust / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember
Withdrawals | 31,226 sci_WithdrawalsFromTrust / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember | 34,348 sci_WithdrawalsFromTrust / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember
Purchases of available-for-sale securities | 106,937 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember | 98,758 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember
Sales of available-for-sale securities | 99,262 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember | 92,317 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities | 7,135 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember | 25,532 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities | $ (7,028)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember | $ (2,299)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember

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