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Preneed Cemetery Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Cemetery [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 | $ 1,397,324 | $ 1,411,166
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 60,286 | 38,316
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (113,694) | (45,184)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,343,916 | 1,404,298
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 | 69,746 | 63,447
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 25 | 257
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (1,437) | (605)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 68,334 | 63,099
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 | 24,648 | 21,687
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 183 | 261
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (169) | (134)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 24,662 | 21,814
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 | 5,112 | 8,725
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 26 | 122
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (118) | (116)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 5,020 | 8,731
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 | 129 | 111
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 3 | 3
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (3) | (1)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 129 | 113
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 | 170 | 170
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 15 | 16
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 185 | 186
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 |  | 10
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains |  | 1
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses |  | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value |  | 11
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Commingled Funds [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 108,883 |
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 |
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (570) |
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 108,313 |
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 | 532,026 | 557,955
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 44,181 | 22,746
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (32,037) | (11,706)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 544,170 | 568,995
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 | 8,984 | 10,962
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 3,858 | 5,011
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (891) | (841)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 11,951 | 15,132
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 | 50,053 | 55,632
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 4,207 | 1,605
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (5,799) | (2,395)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 48,461 | 54,842
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Funds [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 356,798 | 344,443
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,620 | 4,244
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (49,642) | (18,430)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 308,776 | 330,257
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 | 203,983 | 314,600
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 92 | 679
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (18,526) | (4,702)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 185,549 | 310,577
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 | 34,810 | 32,342
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 5,803 | 3,185
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (4,502) | (6,183)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 36,111 | 29,344
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Investments [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 1,982 | 1,082
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 273 | 186
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 | (71)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 2,255 | $ 1,197

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