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Preneed Cemetery Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Cemetery - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | $ 1,398,891 | $ 1,411,166
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 42,099 | 38,316
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 123,972 | 45,184
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,317,018 | 1,404,298
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | US Treasury Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 67,552 | 63,447
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 41 | 257
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 1,258 | 605
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 66,335 | 63,099
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Foreign Government Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 25,546 | 21,687
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 306 | 261
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 86 | 134
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 25,766 | 21,814
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Corporate Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 5,293 | 8,725
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 31 | 122
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 112 | 116
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 5,212 | 8,731
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 135 | 111
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 3 | 3
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 2 | 1
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 136 | 113
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Asset-backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 170 | 170
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 18 | 16
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 0 | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 188 | 186
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Preferred Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis |  | 10
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax |  | 1
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax |  | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value |  | 11
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | US Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 546,840 | 557,955
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 27,293 | 22,746
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 47,051 | 11,706
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 527,082 | 568,995
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Canada Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 9,077 | 10,962
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 3,737 | 5,011
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 1,191 | 841
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 11,623 | 15,132
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Other International Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 56,256 | 55,632
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 2,102 | 1,605
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 9,341 | 2,395
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 49,017 | 54,842
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 352,117 | 344,443
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,525 | 4,244
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 48,602 | 18,430
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 305,040 | 330,257
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Fixed Income Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 302,920 | 314,600
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 322 | 679
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 13,353 | 4,702
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 289,889 | 310,577
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Private Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 30,896 | 32,342
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 6,462 | 3,185
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 2,976 | 6,183
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 34,382 | 29,344
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Other Investments |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 2,089 | 1,082
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 259 | 186
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 0 | 71
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 2,348 | $ 1,197

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