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Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations (Assets and Liabilities Associated with the Cemetery and Funeral Home Businesses Held for Sale) (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Cemetery [Member]
Sep. 30, 2014
Ohio [Member]
Funeral homes [Member]
Sep. 30, 2014
Kentucky [Member]
Funeral homes [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Proceeds from Sale of Property Held-for-sale     $ 200,000 $ 600,000 $ 1,100,000
Assets:          
Current assets 0 3,544,000      
Preneed cemetery trust investments 73,072,000 68,341,000      
Preneed funeral trust investments 98,525,000 97,144,000      
Preneed receivables 26,053,000 24,521,000      
Goodwill 257,504,000 221,087,000      
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments 50,234,000 42,342,000      
Liabilities:          
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue 57,340,000 55,479,000      
Deferred preneed funeral revenue 30,833,000 30,588,000      
Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust 98,525,000 97,144,000      
Care trusts corpus 50,203,000 41,893,000      
Total $ 0 $ 4,357,000