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Supplementary Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Supplementary Information [Abstract] |
Schedule of Product Information [Table Text Block] | The detail of certain income statement accounts as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated Statement of Operations is as follows:
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (In thousands)
Property and merchandise revenue: |  |  |
Funeral | $ | 160,006 |  |  | $ | 162,201 |
Cemetery | 193,874 |  |  | 174,696 |
Total property and merchandise revenue | 353,880 |  |  | 336,897 |
Services revenue: |  |  |
Funeral | 297,113 |  |  | 316,867 |
Cemetery | 55,624 |  |  | 58,094 |
Total services revenue | 352,737 |  |  | 374,961 |
Other revenue | 42,654 |  |  | 36,259 |
Total revenue | $ | 749,271 |  |  | $ | 748,117 |
Property and merchandise costs and expenses: |  |  |
Funeral | $ | 78,129 |  |  | $ | 78,662 |
Cemetery | 119,154 |  |  | 106,859 |
Total cost of property and merchandise | 197,283 |  |  | 185,521 |
Services costs and expenses: |  |  |
Funeral | 157,088 |  |  | 153,424 |
Cemetery | 19,019 |  |  | 19,123 |
Total cost of services | 176,107 |  |  | 172,547 |
Overhead and other expenses | 214,385 |  |  | 212,605 |
Total costs and expenses | $ | 587,775 |  |  | $ | 570,673 |

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