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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Goodwill and Intangible Assets Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill for our funeral and cemetery reporting units are as follows: (in thousands):
| 2017 |  | 2016
| Funeral |  | Cemetery |  | Total |  | Funeral |  | Cemetery |  | Total
| (In thousands)
Balance as of January 1 | $ | 1,493,655 |  |  | $ | 305,426 |  |  | $ | 1,799,081 |  |  | $ | 1,490,502 |  |  | $ | 305,838 |  |  | $ | 1,796,340 |
Increase (decrease) in goodwill related to acquisitions | 8,013 |  |  | 1,215 |  |  | 9,228 |  |  | 26,809 |  |  | (151 | ) |  | 26,658 |
Reduction of goodwill related to divestitures | (5,413 | ) |  | (224 | ) |  | (5,637 | ) |  | (26,554 | ) |  | (270 | ) |  | (26,824 | )
Held for sale | (3,082 | ) |  | (177 | ) |  | (3,259 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Effect of foreign currency | 6,568 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,568 |  |  | 2,898 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 2,907 |
Activity | 6,086 |  |  | 814 |  |  | 6,900 |  |  | 3,153 |  |  | (412 | ) |  | 2,741 |
Balance as of December 31 | $ | 1,499,741 |  |  | $ | 306,240 |  |  | $ | 1,805,981 |  |  | $ | 1,493,655 |  |  | $ | 305,426 |  |  | $ | 1,799,081 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | The components of intangible assets at December 31 were as follows:
| Useful Life |  |  |  |
| Minimum |  | Maximum |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (Years) |  | (In thousands)
Amortizing intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Covenants-not-to-compete | 2 | - | 20 |  | $ | 214,628 |  |  | $ | 211,549 |
Customer relationships | 10 | - | 20 |  | 129,516 |  |  | 146,876 |
Tradenames | 5 | - | 5 |  | 9,150 |  |  | 9,150 |
Other | 5 | - | 40 |  | 11,927 |  |  | 11,927 |
|  |  |  |  | 365,221 |  |  | 379,502 |
Less: accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Covenants-not-to-compete |  |  |  |  | 192,296 |  |  | 186,430 |
Customer relationships |  |  |  |  | 61,321 |  |  | 71,903 |
Tradenames |  |  |  |  | 7,320 |  |  | 5,490 |
Other |  |  |  |  | 4,830 |  |  | 4,238 |
|  |  |  |  | 265,767 |  |  | 268,061 |
Amortizing intangibles, net |  |  |  |  | 99,454 |  |  | 111,441 |
Non-amortizing intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tradenames |  |  | Indefinite |  | 263,880 |  |  | 245,984 |
Other |  |  | Indefinite |  | 10,765 |  |  | 10,640 |
Non-amortizing intangibles |  |  |  |  | 274,645 |  |  | 256,624 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  | $ | 374,099 |  |  | $ | 368,065 |
Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | The following is estimated amortization expense, excluding certain intangibles for which we are unable to provide an estimate because they are amortized based on specific identification in the performance of a preneed contract, for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2017 (in thousands):
2018 | $ | 11,718 |
2019 | 9,100 |
2020 | 7,371 |
2021 | 6,613 |
2022 | 5,554 |
Total estimated amortization expense | $ | 40,356 |

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