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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (The Components of Care trusts' corpus) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Care trusts’ corpus	$ 42,416	$ 48,142
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Trust assets, at market value	43,127	48,670
Obligations due from trust	(711)	(528)
Care trusts’ corpus	$ 42,416	$ 48,142

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The total liability as of the balance sheet date from proceeds deposited into trust from the sale of cemetery property interment rights, including undistributed earnings on investments.

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Amount of undistributed income due to or from the Care Trust Corpus.

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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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