Troubled Debt Restructurings (Summary of Concession at the Time Of Modification) (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) Investments	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) Investments
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession	1	7
Reduced or deferred payments		1
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total number of loans	1	8
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 832	$ 2,442
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 832	$ 2,973
Consumer Loan [Member] \| Home Equity Loan [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession	1
Reduced or deferred payments		1
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total number of loans	1	1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 832	$ 180
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 832	$ 180
Consumer Loan [Member] \| Real Estate Loan [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession		2
Reduced or deferred payments
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total number of loans		2
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 549
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 669
Commercial Loan [Member] \| Owner occupied RE [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession		1
Reduced or deferred payments
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total number of loans		1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 506
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 592
Commercial Loan [Member] \| Business [Member]
Summary of concession at the time of modification and the recorded investment in TDRs before and after their modification
Renewals deemed a concession		4
Reduced or deferred payments
Converted to interest only
Maturity date extensions
Total number of loans		4
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 1,207
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment \| $		$ 1,532

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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