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Preneed Funeral Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Funeral [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | $ 1,156,570 | $ 1,213,128
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 43,383 | 33,058
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (90,559) | (40,439)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,109,394 | 1,205,747
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 82,417 | 85,775
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 107 | 468
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (1,331) | (455)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 81,193 | 85,788
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 72,488 | 90,430
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 532 | 449
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (655) | (874)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 72,365 | 90,005
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 19,036 | 24,765
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 235 | 423
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (284) | (126)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 18,987 | 25,062
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 1,297 | 1,325
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 29 | 29
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (22) | (12)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,304 | 1,342
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 5 | 6
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 5 | 6
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Preferred Stock securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 1,949 | 2,503
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 41 | 113
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (158) | (113)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,832 | 2,503
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Commingled Funds [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 69,148 |
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 |
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (442) |
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 68,706 |
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | US Common Stock Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 344,116 | 377,441
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 30,885 | 18,533
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (19,149) | (7,405)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 355,852 | 388,569
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Canada Common Stock Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 11,930 | 14,708
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 2,652 | 4,292
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (1,077) | (895)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 13,505 | 18,105
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Other International Common Stock Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 32,156 | 38,035
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 2,636 | 1,175
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (3,907) | (1,560)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 30,885 | 37,650
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Funds [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 323,884 | 308,548
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,263 | 3,332
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (43,975) | (15,901)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 281,172 | 295,979
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fixed Income Funds [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 155,717 | 229,414
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 154 | 869
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (13,092) | (3,576)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 142,779 | 226,707
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Private Equity Funds [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 38,201 | 35,094
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 3,703 | 2,649
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (6,467) | (9,418)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 35,437 | 28,325
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Investments [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 4,226 | 5,084
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,146 | 726
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 | (104)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 5,372 | $ 5,706

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