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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Cemetery Perpetual Care [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 | $ 1,295,785 | $ 1,207,563
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 25,390 | 19,424
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (88,583) | (34,021)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,232,592 | 1,192,966
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 | 3,636 | 794
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 20 | 40
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (81) | (4)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 3,575 | 830
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 | 32,477 | 31,993
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 321 | 442
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (266) | (233)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 32,532 | 32,202
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 | 12,694 | 16,762
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 149 | 344
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (284) | (210)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 12,559 | 16,896
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 | 934 | 910
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 13 | 15
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (9) | (6)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 938 | 919
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 | 660 | 661
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 5 | 10
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (31) | (4)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 634 | 667
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 | 5,850 | 4,439
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 55 | 60
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (159) | (12)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 5,746 | 4,487
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 | 231,012 | 225,129
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 15,224 | 9,340
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (10,898) | (4,881)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 235,338 | 229,588
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 | 5,648 | 7,419
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 2,112 | 2,737
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (606) | (596)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 7,154 | 9,560
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 | 14,820 | 8,102
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 160 | 90
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (2,390) | (399)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 12,590 | 7,793
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Funds [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 21,783 | 17,310
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 3,138 | 3,264
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (1,850) | (93)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 23,071 | 20,481
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 | 890,013 | 846,230
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 530 | 1,580
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (63,913) | (14,263)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 826,630 | 833,547
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 | 62,549 | 34,288
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,942 | 408
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | (8,096) | (10,788)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 56,395 | 23,908
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Investments [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 13,709 | 13,526
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,721 | 1,094
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 | (2,532)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 15,430 | $ 12,088

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