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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (Cost and fair market values associated with the trust investments held in perpetual care trust funds) (Details) - Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cemetary perpetual care trust investments	$ 48,397	$ 44,071
Fair market value as a percentage of cost	96.90%	90.80%
Trust Securities [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	$ 49,348	$ 48,092
Unrealized Gains	2,210	934
Unrealized Losses	(3,716)	(5,339)
Fair Market Value	47,842	43,687
Accrued Investment Income [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	555	384
Fair Market Value	555	384
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Cash and Money Market Accounts [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	4,182	11,144
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	4,182	11,144
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Common stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	16,101	15,562
Unrealized Gains	687	542
Unrealized Losses	(2,577)	(3,395)
Fair Market Value	14,211	12,709
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	4,683	2,872
Unrealized Gains	98	27
Unrealized Losses	(336)	(385)
Fair Market Value	4,445	2,514
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	11,935	9,956
Unrealized Gains	654	227
Unrealized Losses	(500)	(730)
Fair Market Value	12,089	9,453
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Preferred Stock [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	10,191	8,141
Unrealized Gains	708	37
Unrealized Losses	(94)	(820)
Fair Market Value	10,805	7,358
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	355	417
Unrealized Gains	0	101
Unrealized Losses	(132)	(9)
Fair Market Value	223	$ 509
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Fixed Income [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	1,901
Unrealized Gains	63
Unrealized Losses	(77)
Fair Market Value	$ 1,887

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