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Supplementary Information Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Supplementary Information [Abstract] |
Schedule of Balance Sheet, Supplemental Disclosures | The detail of certain balance sheet accounts is as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020
| (In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents: |  |  |
Cash | $ | 260,750 |  |  | $ | 192,398 |
Commercial paper and temporary investments | 7,876 |  |  | 38,459 |
| $ | 268,626 |  |  | $ | 230,857 |
Other current assets: |  |  |
Income tax receivable | $ | 13,635 |  |  | $ | 3,725 |
Prepaid insurance | 4,583 |  |  | 4,598 |
Restricted cash | 7,847 |  |  | 5,573 |
Other | 14,383 |  |  | 14,531 |
| $ | 40,448 |  |  | $ | 28,427 |
Cemetery property: |  |  |
Undeveloped land | $ | 1,297,453 |  |  | $ | 1,240,387 |
Developed lots, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces, cremation niches, and cremation memorialization property | 603,391 |  |  | 638,953 |
| $ | 1,900,844 |  |  | $ | 1,879,340 |
Property and equipment, net: |  |  |
Land | $ | 701,337 |  |  | $ | 678,421 |
Buildings and improvements | 2,445,913 |  |  | 2,295,113 |
Operating equipment | 661,486 |  |  | 597,110 |
Leasehold improvements | 42,387 |  |  | 40,691 |
Finance leases | 325,823 |  |  | 318,634 |
| 4,176,946 |  |  | 3,929,969 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (1,730,385) |  |  | (1,623,815) |
Less: Accumulated amortization of finance leases | (194,403) |  |  | (172,490) |
| $ | 2,252,158 |  |  | $ | 2,133,664 |
Deferred charges and other assets: |  |  |
Intangible assets, net | $ | 471,715 |  |  | $ | 441,389 |
Restricted cash | 2,082 |  |  | 2,180 |
Deferred tax assets | 6,171 |  |  | 535 |
Notes receivable, net of reserves of $3,424 and $5,957, respectively | 5,260 |  |  | 6,432 |
Cash surrender value of insurance policies | 225,857 |  |  | 202,120 |
Deferred incremental direct selling costs | 347,448 |  |  | 311,710 |
Operating leases | 53,685 |  |  | 54,764 |
Other | 57,595 |  |  | 60,923 |
| $ | 1,169,813 |  |  | $ | 1,080,053 |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020
| (In thousands)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities: |  |  |
Accounts payable | $ | 204,094 |  |  | $ | 186,401 |
Accrued benefits | 184,007 |  |  | 147,366 |
Accrued interest | 22,565 |  |  | 20,468 |
Accrued property taxes | 14,980 |  |  | 14,394 |
Self-insurance reserves | 94,268 |  |  | 92,760 |
Bank overdrafts | 39,043 |  |  | 32,352 |
Operating leases | 8,049 |  |  | 8,584 |
Other accrued liabilities | 92,488 |  |  | 73,623 |
| $ | 659,494 |  |  | $ | 575,948 |
Other liabilities: |  |  |
Accrued benefit costs | $ | 19,950 |  |  | $ | 22,203 |
Deferred compensation | 201,401 |  |  | 174,721 |
Customer refund obligation reserve | 46,241 |  |  | 45,780 |
Tax liability | 2,156 |  |  | 2,104 |
Payable to perpetual care trust | 110,279 |  |  | 96,828 |
Operating leases | 48,178 |  |  | 48,656 |
Other | 10,698 |  |  | 29,747 |
| $ | 438,903 |  |  | $ | 420,039 |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Cash interest payments for the three years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):
Payments in 2021 | $ | 142,145 |
Payments in 2020 | $ | 152,524 |
Payments in 2019 | $ | 190,672 |

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