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	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value	$ 400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cemetery perpetual care investments		(42,342,000)	(48,670,000)
Market value as a percentage of cost		102.00%	99.00%
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value	100,000	0
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Cash and money market accounts \| Fair Value, Level 1
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost		973,000	3,206,000
Unrealized Gains		0	0
Unrealized Losses		0	0
Fair Market Value		973,000	3,206,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Municipal bonds \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost			229,000
Unrealized Gains			5,000
Unrealized Losses			0
Fair Market Value			234,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Foreign debt \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost		2,062,000	3,871,000
Unrealized Gains		87,000	0
Unrealized Losses		(2,000)	(156,000)
Fair Market Value		2,147,000	3,715,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Corporate debt \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost		19,773,000	19,911,000
Unrealized Gains		236,000	248,000
Unrealized Losses		(691,000)	(1,428,000)
Fair Market Value		19,318,000	18,731,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Preferred stock \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost		10,668,000	12,694,000
Unrealized Gains		110,000	137,000
Unrealized Losses		(165,000)	(214,000)
Fair Market Value		10,613,000	12,617,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Common stock \| Fair Value, Level 1
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost		7,539,000	8,747,000
Unrealized Gains		1,417,000	1,568,000
Unrealized Losses		(178,000)	(653,000)
Fair Market Value		8,778,000	9,662,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Trust securities
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost		41,015,000	48,658,000
Unrealized Gains		1,850,000	1,958,000
Unrealized Losses		(1,036,000)	(2,451,000)
Fair Market Value		41,829,000	48,165,000
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments \| Accrued investment income
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost		513,000	505,000
Fair Market Value		$ 513,000	$ 505,000

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