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Preneed Funeral Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - Funeral - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | $ 1,137,014 | $ 1,137,504
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 94,223 | 71,520
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (31,784) | (56,272)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,199,453 | 1,152,752
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 926,152 | 927,653
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 86,465 | 65,387
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (27,694) | (49,915)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 984,923 | 943,125
Reported at net asset value |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 210,862 | 209,851
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 7,758 | 6,133
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (4,090) | (6,357)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 214,530 | 209,627
Private Equity Funds | Reported at net asset value |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 36,430 | 40,892
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 3,150 | 2,956
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (2,959) | (5,190)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 36,621 | 38,658
Fixed Income Commingled funds [Member] | Reported at net asset value |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 174,432 | 168,959
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 4,608 | 3,177
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 1,131 | (1,167)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 177,909 | 170,969
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | US Treasury Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 72,835 | 75,245
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 405 | 317
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (372) | (557)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 72,868 | 75,005
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Foreign Government Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 53,740 | 55,752
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 254 | 272
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (59) | (42)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 53,935 | 55,982
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Corporate Debt Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 11,874 | 12,702
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 193 | 177
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (71) | (92)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 11,996 | 12,787
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 172 | 29
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 17 | 1
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | 0 | 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 189 | 30
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Asset-backed Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 52 | 58
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 0 | 0
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (1) | (3)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 51 | 55
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Preferred Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 1,425 | 1,428
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 112 | 81
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (54) | (39)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 1,483 | 1,470
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | US Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 332,089 | 334,854
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 62,224 | 49,785
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (5,017) | (11,525)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 389,296 | 373,114
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Canada Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 11,593 | 11,853
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 2,966 | 2,592
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (441) | (263)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 14,118 | 14,182
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Other International Common Stock Securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 23,513 | 25,761
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 2,212 | 1,824
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (2,439) | (3,167)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 23,286 | 24,418
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Equity Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 320,086 | 313,132
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 15,302 | 7,780
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (12,428) | (26,842)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 322,960 | 294,070
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Fixed Income Funds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 94,756 | 92,760
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,332 | 1,344
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (6,782) | (7,368)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | 89,306 | 86,736
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Other Investments |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Amortized Cost Basis | 4,017 | 4,079
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax | 1,448 | 1,214
Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax | (30) | (17)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value | $ 5,435 | $ 5,276

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