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Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 Segment PrincipalBusinesses | Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Information [Abstract] |  |
Number of principal businesses | 2 |
Number of operating segments | 3 |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | $ 229,945 | $ 225,609
Operating profit | 14,996 | 16,499
Memorialization [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 117,360 | 124,683
Operating profit | 12,538 | 14,540
Cemetery Products [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 49,827 | 52,824
Operating profit | 6,119 | 6,372
Funeral Home Products [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 58,668 | 60,757
Operating profit | 6,821 | 7,693
Cremation [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 8,865 | 11,102
Operating profit | (402) | 475
Brand Solutions [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 112,585 | 100,926
Operating profit | 2,458 | 1,959
Graphics Imaging [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 72,654 | 62,435
Operating profit | 1,041 | 292
Marking and Fulfillment Systems [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 21,523 | 17,915
Operating profit | 1,140 | 376
Merchandising Solutions [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Sales to external customers | 18,408 | 20,576
Operating profit | $ 277 | $ 1,291

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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