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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Goodwill and Intangible Assets Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

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:

			Years Ended December 31,
			2020																		2019
			Funeral						Cemetery						Total						Funeral						Cemetery						Total
			(In thousands)
Beginning balance — Goodwill			$	1,535,278					$	328,945					$	1,864,223					$	1,528,407					$	335,435					$	1,863,842
Increase (decrease) in goodwill related to acquisitions (1)			14,796						—						14,796						7,458						(6,003)						1,455
Reduction of goodwill related to divestitures			(1,175)						—						(1,175)						(5,003)						(487)						(5,490)
Effect of foreign currency			2,163						—						2,163						4,416						—						4,416
Total activity			15,784						—						15,784						6,871						(6,490)						381
Ending balance — Goodwill			$	1,551,062					$	328,945					$	1,880,007					$	1,535,278					$	328,945					$	1,864,223

Schedule of Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

The components of intangible assets at December 31 were as follows:

			Useful Life
			Minimum						Maximum						2020						2019
			(Years)												(In thousands)
Amortizing intangibles:
Covenants-not-to-compete			2			-			20						$	219,493					$	216,646
Customer relationships			10			-			20						150,365						149,479
Tradenames			5			-			89						7,000						7,000
Other			5			-			89						26,927						26,927
															403,785						400,052
Less: accumulated amortization:
Covenants-not-to-compete															201,427						198,610
Customer relationships															90,022						83,047
Tradenames															202						123
Other															8,807						8,067
															300,458						289,847
Amortizing intangibles, net															103,327						110,205
Non-amortizing intangibles:
Tradenames									Indefinite						327,297						310,197
Other									Indefinite						10,765						10,765
Non-amortizing intangibles															338,062						320,962
Intangible assets, net — included in Deferred charges and other assets, net															$	441,389					$	431,167

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 fulfillment of performance obligations on our preneed contracts, for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

2021			$	7,297
2022			6,133
2023			5,741
2024			5,596
2025			5,465
Total estimated amortization expense			$	30,232

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