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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in Cemetery revenue) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments [Abstract] |  |  |
Investment income | $ 5,949 | $ 6,451 | $ 5,315
Realized gains (losses), net | (838) | (434) | 436
Increase in Care trusts’ corpus | $ 5,111 | $ 6,017 | $ 5,751

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- Definition The total amount of proceeds received for the sale of securities, categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities, during the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82897076&loc=d3e27357-111563 + Details
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