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Preneed Funeral Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Funeral - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | $ 1,145,944 | $ 1,156,570
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 58,589 | 43,383
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (73,578) | (90,559)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,130,955 | 1,109,394
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 974,656 | 1,048,698
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 49,537 | 39,603
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (67,926) | (83,650)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 956,267 | 1,004,651
Reported at net asset value |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 171,288 | 107,872
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 9,052 | 3,780
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (5,652) | (6,909)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 174,688 | 104,743
Private Equity Funds | Reported at net asset value |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 37,240 | 38,724
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 3,707 | 3,780
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (5,652) | (6,467)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 35,295 | 36,037
Fixed Income Commingled funds [Member] | Reported at net asset value |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 134,048 | 69,148
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 5,345 | 0
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 0 | (442)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 139,393 | 68,706
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | US Treasury Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 77,474 | 82,417
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,056 | 107
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (137) | (1,331)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 78,393 | 81,193
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Foreign Government Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 79,458 | 72,488
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 430 | 532
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (571) | (655)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 79,317 | 72,365
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Corporate Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 13,989 | 19,036
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 261 | 235
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (71) | (284)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 14,179 | 18,987
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 101 | 1,297
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1 | 29
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 0 | (22)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 102 | 1,304
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Asset-backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 58 | 5
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 0 | 0
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (1) | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 57 | 5
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Preferred Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 1,956 | 1,949
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 106 | 41
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (88) | (158)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,974 | 1,832
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | US Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 340,480 | 344,116
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 35,330 | 30,885
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (20,429) | (19,149)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 355,381 | 355,852
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Canada Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 12,203 | 11,930
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 3,171 | 2,652
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (578) | (1,077)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 14,796 | 13,505
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Other International Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 30,750 | 32,156
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 2,188 | 2,636
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (2,891) | (3,907)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 30,047 | 30,885
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 327,593 | 323,884
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 4,287 | 1,263
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (37,934) | (43,975)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 293,946 | 281,172
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Fixed Income Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 86,275 | 155,717
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,615 | 154
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (5,168) | (13,092)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 82,722 | 142,779
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Other Investments |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 4,319 | 3,703
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,092 | 1,069
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (58) | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 5,353 | $ 4,772

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