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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (The Components of Care trusts' corpus) (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Care trusts’ corpus	$ 48,396,000	$ 49,856,000
Fair value measurements, transfers between Level 1 and Level 2	0
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Trust assets, at market value	48,813,000	50,229,000
Obligations due from trust	(417,000)	(373,000)
Care trusts’ corpus	$ 48,396,000	$ 49,856,000

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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 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
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