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Trust Investments (Cost and fair market values associated with the trust investments held in perpetual care trust) (Details) - Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 65,406	$ 60,571
Unrealized Gains	1,846	5,869
Unrealized Losses	(15,371)	(2,905)
Fair Market Value	51,881	63,535
Preneed cemetery trust investments	$ 52,677	$ 64,047
Preneed cemetery trust investments, fair market value as a percentage of cost (in Percent)	79.30%	104.90%
Accrued Investment Income [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 796	$ 512
Fair Market Value	796	512
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Cash and Money Market Accounts [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	4,128	4,624
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	4,128	4,624
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Common stock
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	26,621	21,594
Unrealized Gains	1,261	3,399
Unrealized Losses	(8,736)	(1,911)
Fair Market Value	19,146	23,082
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	7,041	4,200
Unrealized Gains	139	238
Unrealized Losses	(1,448)	(175)
Fair Market Value	5,732	4,263
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate debt
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	12,357	11,658
Unrealized Gains	277	802
Unrealized Losses	(2,345)	(534)
Fair Market Value	10,289	11,926
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Preferred Stock [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	11,988	10,782
Unrealized Gains	45	666
Unrealized Losses	(2,138)	(106)
Fair Market Value	9,895	11,342
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Mortgage-backed securities
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	347	324
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	(193)	(71)
Fair Market Value	154	253
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis		233
Unrealized Gains		146
Unrealized Losses		(1)
Fair Market Value		378
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Other Investments [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	2,924	7,156
Unrealized Gains	124	618
Unrealized Losses	(511)	(107)
Fair Market Value	$ 2,537	$ 7,667

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