Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (Cost and fair market values associated with the trust investments held in perpetual care trust funds) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Impairment charge, other than temporary decline in fair value of investments	$ 382,755
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cemetary perpetual care trust investments	50,234,000	42,342,000
Fair market value as a percentage of cost	101.40%	102.00%
Impairment charge, other than temporary decline in fair value of investments	100,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Cash and Money Market Accounts [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	999,000	973,000
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Cash and Money Market Accounts [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Fair Market Value	999,000	973,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Municipal Bonds [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	231,000
Unrealized Gains	8,000
Unrealized Losses	0
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Municipal Bonds [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Fair Market Value	239,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	3,323,000	2,062,000
Unrealized Gains	62,000	87,000
Unrealized Losses	(69,000)	(2,000)
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Fair Market Value	3,316,000	2,147,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Corporate Debt [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	20,547,000	19,773,000
Unrealized Gains	300,000	236,000
Unrealized Losses	(1,338,000)	(691,000)
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Corporate Debt [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Fair Market Value	19,509,000	19,318,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	12,474,000	10,668,000
Unrealized Gains	440,000	110,000
Unrealized Losses	(137,000)	(165,000)
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Fair Market Value	12,777,000	10,613,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	1,000
Unrealized Gains	0
Unrealized Losses	0
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Fair Market Value	1,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Common Stock
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	11,310,000	7,539,000
Unrealized Gains	2,042,000	1,417,000
Unrealized Losses	(644,000)	(178,000)
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Common Stock \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Fair Market Value	12,708,000	8,778,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Trust Securities [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	48,885,000	41,015,000
Unrealized Gains	2,852,000	1,850,000
Unrealized Losses	(2,188,000)	(1,036,000)
Fair Market Value	49,549,000	41,829,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] \| Accrued Investment Income [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	685,000	513,000
Fair Market Value	$ 685,000	$ 513,000

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