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Preneed Trust Investments (Components of preneed funeral trust investments) (Details) (Preneed Funeral Trust Investments, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Preneed Funeral Trust Investments
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Preneed cemetery trust investments, at market value	$ 100,579csv_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrentBeforeAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedFuneralTrustInvestmentsMember	$ 100,005csv_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrentBeforeAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedFuneralTrustInvestmentsMember
Less: allowance for contract cancellation	(2,972)csv_LessAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedFuneralTrustInvestmentsMember	(2,861)csv_LessAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedFuneralTrustInvestmentsMember
Available-for-sale securities, current	$ 97,607us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedFuneralTrustInvestmentsMember	$ 97,144us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedFuneralTrustInvestmentsMember

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- Definition

Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer, before allowance for related contract cancellations.

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The allowance for contract cancellation on trust investments.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 25

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-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28360136&loc=d3e22054-111558



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6871852&loc=d3e26626-111562

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