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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus (Notes) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus [Abstract] |
Deferred Preneed Funeral And Cemetery Receipts Held In Trust And Care Trusts Corpus | Deferred Preneed Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts’ Corpus Deferred Preneed Receipts Held in Trust We consolidate the merchandise and service trusts associated with our preneed activities. Although the consolidation of the merchandise and service trusts is required by accounting standards, it does not change the legal relationships among the trusts, us, or our customers. The customers are the legal beneficiaries of these merchandise and service trusts, and therefore their interests in these trusts represent a liability to us. 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 |
Care Trusts’ Corpus The Care trusts’ corpus reflected in our unaudited condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet represents the cemetery perpetual care trusts, including the related accrued expenses. 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 |
Other Expense, Net 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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- Definition This note represents disclosures relating to funeral and cemetery deferred receipts held in trust activity and major accounts which also include: (1) fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments; (2) variable interest entities; and (3)all other required (as defined) and desired information. + References No definition available. + Details
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