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Preneed Funeral Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Funeral - 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 | $ 1,162,700 | $ 1,213,128
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 31,198 | 33,058
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 95,662 | 40,439
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,098,236 | 1,205,747
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | US Treasury Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 82,969 | 85,775
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 121 | 468
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 1,248 | 455
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 81,842 | 85,788
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Foreign Government Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 75,703 | 90,430
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 556 | 449
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 558 | 874
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 75,701 | 90,005
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Corporate Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 21,521 | 24,765
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 364 | 423
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 253 | 126
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 21,632 | 25,062
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 1,449 | 1,325
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 37 | 29
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 21 | 12
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,465 | 1,342
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Asset-backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 5 | 6
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 0 | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 0 | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 5 | 6
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Preferred Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 1,939 | 2,503
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 22 | 113
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 112 | 113
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,849 | 2,503
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | US Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 351,048 | 377,441
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 18,956 | 18,533
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 29,166 | 7,405
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 340,838 | 388,569
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Canada Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 12,032 | 14,708
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 2,700 | 4,292
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 1,069 | 895
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 13,663 | 18,105
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 | 36,612 | 38,035
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,403 | 1,175
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 6,224 | 1,560
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 31,791 | 37,650
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 318,576 | 308,548
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,166 | 3,332
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 41,814 | 15,901
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 277,928 | 295,979
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Fixed Income Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 221,425 | 229,414
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 434 | 869
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 9,628 | 3,576
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 212,231 | 226,707
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Private Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 34,994 | 35,094
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 4,450 | 2,649
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 5,554 | 9,418
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 33,890 | 28,325
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Other Investments |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 4,427 | 5,084
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 989 | 726
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 15 | 104
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 5,401 | $ 5,706

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