Major Segments of Business (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenue, pre-tax income and total and total assets by segments

The following table presents revenue from continuing operations, pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations and total assets by segment (in thousands):

	Funeral		Cemetery		Corporate			Consolidated
Revenues from continuing operations:
Three months ended September 30, 2015	$	44,089	$	14,289	$	—		$	58,378
Three months ended September 30, 2014	$	41,770	$	12,779	$	—		$	54,549
Nine months ended September 30, 2015	$	138,727	$	42,165	$	—		$	180,892
Nine months ended September 30, 2014	$	127,926	$	38,779	$	—		$	166,705
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes:
Three months ended September 30, 2015	$	12,593	$	4,312	$	(9,654	)	$	7,251
Three months ended September 30, 2014	$	11,635	$	3,074	$	(9,494	)	$	5,215
Nine months ended September 30, 2015	$	43,792	$	12,814	$	(30,672	)	$	25,934
Nine months ended September 30, 2014	$	39,025	$	10,959	$	(35,729	)	$	14,255
Total assets:
September 30, 2015	$	586,258	$	231,107	$	10,712		$	828,077
December 31, 2014	$	568,842	$	240,009	$	18,677		$	827,528