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Preneed Trust Investments (Cost and fair market values associated with preneed funeral trust investments) (Details) - Preneed Funeral Trust Investments - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	$ 96,343	$ 99,038
Unrealized Gains	1,057	4,176
Unrealized Losses	(9,644)	(3,250)
Fair Market Value	87,756	99,964
Preneed cemetery trust investments, at market value	$ 88,444	$ 100,579
Market value as a percentage of cost	91.10%	100.90%
Accrued investment income
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	$ 688	$ 615
Fair Market Value	688	615
Fair Value, Level 1 | Cash and money market accounts
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	21,458	17,501
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	21,458	17,501
Fair Value, Level 1 | U.S. debt
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	1,492	2,037
Unrealized Gains	24	32
Unrealized Losses	(12)	(15)
Fair Market Value	1,504	2,054
Fair Value, Level 1 | Common stock
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	20,864	10,544
Unrealized Gains	738	1,926
Unrealized Losses	(3,114)	(783)
Fair Market Value	18,488	11,687
Fair Value, Level 1 | Equity Securities
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	0	14,126
Unrealized Gains	0	1,370
Unrealized Losses	0	(181)
Fair Market Value	0	15,315
Fair Value, Level 2 | U.S. agency obligations
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	478	30
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	(66)	0
Fair Market Value	412	30
Fair Value, Level 2 | Foreign Debt
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	4,938	4,653
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	(711)	(188)
Fair Market Value	4,227	4,465
Fair Value, Level 2 | Corporate debt
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	24,787	24,761
Unrealized Gains	133	469
Unrealized Losses	(4,711)	(1,718)
Fair Market Value	20,209	23,512
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preferred stock
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	17,496	16,166
Unrealized Gains	158	256
Unrealized Losses	(914)	(261)
Fair Market Value	16,740	16,161
Fair Value, Level 2 | Collateralized Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	273	309
Unrealized Gains	4	8
Unrealized Losses	(4)	(3)
Fair Market Value	273	314
Fair Value, Level 2 | Fixed Income Securities
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	959	5,351
Unrealized Gains	0	115
Unrealized Losses	(82)	(72)
Fair Market Value	877	5,394
Fair Value, Level 2 | Other investments
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Cost	3,598	3,560
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	(30)	(29)
Fair Market Value	$ 3,568	$ 3,531

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