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Major Segments of Business (Revenue, pre-tax income and total and total assets by segments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from continuing operations	$ 63,253us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 55,652us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	11,023us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	2,674us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Total assets	835,235us-gaap_Assets		827,528us-gaap_Assets
Funeral [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from continuing operations	50,137us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_FuneralMember	43,964us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_FuneralMember
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	17,798us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_FuneralMember	14,323us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_FuneralMember
Total assets	579,551us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_FuneralMember		568,842us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_FuneralMember
Cemetery [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from continuing operations	13,116us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_CemeteryMember	11,688us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_CemeteryMember
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	4,046us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_CemeteryMember	3,303us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_CemeteryMember
Total assets	241,452us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_CemeteryMember		240,009us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_CemeteryMember
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from continuing operations	0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(10,821)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	(14,952)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
Total assets	$ 14,232us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember		$ 18,677us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember

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