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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Cemetery Perpetual Care - 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 | $ 1,268,557 | $ 1,207,563
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 18,292 | 19,424
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (77,015) | (34,021)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,209,834 | 1,192,966
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | US Treasury Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 3,697 | 794
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 26 | 40
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (95) | (4)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 3,628 | 830
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Foreign Government Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 33,094 | 31,993
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 507 | 442
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (154) | (233)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 33,447 | 32,202
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Corporate Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 13,178 | 16,762
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 168 | 344
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (279) | (210)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 13,067 | 16,896
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 968 | 910
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 18 | 15
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (7) | (6)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 979 | 919
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Asset-backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 662 | 661
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 6 | 10
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (26) | (4)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 642 | 667
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Preferred Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 6,264 | 4,439
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 33 | 60
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (626) | (12)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 5,671 | 4,487
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | US Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 237,356 | 225,129
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 7,740 | 9,340
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (21,941) | (4,881)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 223,155 | 229,588
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Canada Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 5,381 | 7,419
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 2,049 | 2,737
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (837) | (596)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 6,593 | 9,560
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 | 12,825 | 8,102
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 40 | 90
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (2,523) | (399)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 10,342 | 7,793
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 21,602 | 17,310
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 3,116 | 3,264
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (1,468) | (93)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 23,250 | 20,481
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Fixed Income Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 881,664 | 846,230
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 563 | 1,580
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (41,924) | (14,263)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 840,303 | 833,547
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Private Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 38,631 | 34,288
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,988 | 408
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (6,773) | (10,788)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 33,846 | 23,908
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Other Investments |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 13,235 | 13,526
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 2,038 | 1,094
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (362) | (2,532)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 14,911 | $ 12,088

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