Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in interest income and other, net) (Details) - Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member] - Interest Income and Other, Net [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Realized gains	$ 785	$ 897	$ 975	$ 1,314
Realized losses	(60)	(543)	(485)	(692)
Increase in care trusts’ corpus	$ (725)	$ (354)	$ (490)	$ (622)