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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus [Abstract] |
Schedule of Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receitps Held in Trust Components | The components of Deferred preneed receipts held in trust in our unaudited condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are detailed below.
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| Preneed Funeral |  | Preneed Cemetery |  | Total |  | Preneed Funeral |  | Preneed Cemetery |  | Total
| (In thousands)
Trust investments | $ | 1,511,167 |  |  | $ | 1,461,773 |  |  | $ | 2,972,940 |  |  | $ | 1,515,113 |  |  | $ | 1,462,499 |  |  | $ | 2,977,612 |
Accrued trust operating payables and other | (1,480 | ) |  | (2,868 | ) |  | (4,348 | ) |  | (1,381 | ) |  | (2,845 | ) |  | (4,226 | )
Deferred preneed receipts held in trust | $ | 1,509,687 |  |  | $ | 1,458,905 |  |  | $ | 2,968,592 |  |  | $ | 1,513,732 |  |  | $ | 1,459,654 |  |  | $ | 2,973,386 |
Schedule of Care Trust Corpus' Components | The components of Care trusts’ corpus in our unaudited condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are detailed below.
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| (In thousands)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments | $ | 1,334,165 |  |  | $ | 1,319,427 |
Accrued trust operating payables and other | 387 |  |  | 137 |
Care trusts’ corpus | $ | 1,334,552 |  |  | $ | 1,319,564 |
Schedule of Other Nonoperating Income, by Component | The components of Other expense, net in our unaudited condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 are detailed below. See Notes 3, 4, and 5 for further discussion of the amounts related to the funeral, cemetery, and cemetery perpetual care trusts.
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
| Funeral Trusts |  | Cemetery Trusts |  | Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts |  | Other, Net |  | Total
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Realized gains | $ | 6,824 |  |  | $ | 6,246 |  |  | $ | 1,494 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 14,564 |
Realized losses | (19,651 | ) |  | (22,853 | ) |  | (1,616 | ) |  | — |  |  | (44,120 | )
Impairment charges | (1,118 | ) |  | (2,049 | ) |  | (115 | ) |  | — |  |  | (3,282 | )
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income | 2,773 |  |  | 2,360 |  |  | 12,990 |  |  | — |  |  | 18,123 |
Trust expenses and income taxes | (4,442 | ) |  | (4,853 | ) |  | (5,757 | ) |  | — |  |  | (15,052 | )
Net trust investment (loss) income | (15,614 | ) |  | (21,149 | ) |  | 6,996 |  |  | — |  |  | (29,767 | )
Reclassification to deferred preneed receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus | 15,614 |  |  | 21,149 |  |  | (6,996 | ) |  | — |  |  | 29,767 |
Other expense, net | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (211 | ) |  | (211 | )
Total other expense, net | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (211 | ) |  | $ | (211 | )
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
| Funeral Trusts |  | Cemetery Trusts |  | Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts |  | Other, Net |  | Total
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Realized gains | $ | 4,349 |  |  | $ | 7,135 |  |  | $ | 398 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11,882 |
Realized losses | (4,735 | ) |  | (7,028 | ) |  | (129 | ) |  | — |  |  | (11,892 | )
Impairment charges | (471 | ) |  | (520 | ) |  | (512 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,503 | )
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income | 4,062 |  |  | 3,516 |  |  | 10,545 |  |  | — |  |  | 18,123 |
Trust expenses and income taxes | (5,827 | ) |  | (8,515 | ) |  | (6,273 | ) |  | — |  |  | (20,615 | )
Net trust investment (loss) income | (2,622 | ) |  | (5,412 | ) |  | 4,029 |  |  | — |  |  | (4,005 | )
Reclassification to deferred preneed receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus | 2,622 |  |  | 5,412 |  |  | (4,029 | ) |  | — |  |  | 4,005 |
Other expense, net | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (58 | ) |  | (58 | )
Total other expense, net | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (58 | ) |  | $ | (58 | )

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