Trust Investments (Cost and fair market values associated with the trust investments held in perpetual care trust) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Perpetual Care Trust Investments
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	$ 96
Preneed funeral trust investments	$ 95,625	$ 87,337
Accrued investment income	99.90%	100.50%
Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Accrued Investment Income
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	$ 616	$ 595
Fair Market Value	616	595
Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Trust Securities
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	95,121	86,295
Unrealized Gains	1,875	6,155
Unrealized Losses	(1,987)	(5,708)
Fair Market Value	95,009	86,742
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Preneed cemetery trust investments	$ 112,531	$ 106,143
Accrued investment income	99.40%	100.60%
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Accrued Investment Income
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	$ 611	$ 630
Fair Market Value	611	630
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Trust Securities
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	112,624	104,900
Unrealized Gains	1,495	6,861
Unrealized Losses	(2,199)	(6,248)
Fair Market Value	111,920	105,513
Fair Value, Level 1 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Cash and cash equivalents
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	8,800	14,054
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	8,800	14,054
Fair Value, Level 1 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Common Stock
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	10,527	25,563
Unrealized Gains	1,028	3,866
Unrealized Losses	(1,451)	(3,036)
Fair Market Value	10,104	26,393
Fair Value, Level 1 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Limited Partnership Fund
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	2,892	3,078
Unrealized Gains	0	73
Unrealized Losses	(77)	0
Fair Market Value	2,815	3,151
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Cash and cash equivalents
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	15,653	23,215
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	15,653	23,215
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Common Stock
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	11,599	29,325
Unrealized Gains	768	4,322
Unrealized Losses	(1,709)	(3,381)
Fair Market Value	10,658	30,266
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Equity Securities
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	9,483	911
Unrealized Gains	0	85
Unrealized Losses	(279)	0
Fair Market Value	9,204	996
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Limited Partnership Fund
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	3,496	3,530
Unrealized Gains	0	84
Unrealized Losses	(93)	0
Fair Market Value	3,403	3,614
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Foreign Debt
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost		7,770
Unrealized Gains		1,262
Unrealized Losses		(7)
Fair Market Value		9,025
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Corporate debt
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	94	7,942
Unrealized Gains	2	357
Unrealized Losses	0	(402)
Fair Market Value	96	7,897
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Preferred Stock
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost		2,725
Unrealized Gains		418
Unrealized Losses		(148)
Fair Market Value		2,995
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Fixed income
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	39,229	24,374
Unrealized Gains	319	111
Unrealized Losses	(145)	(2,115)
Fair Market Value	39,403	22,370
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Equity Securities
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	9,271	789
Unrealized Gains	216	68
Unrealized Losses	(257)	0
Fair Market Value	9,230	857
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | U.S. agency obligations
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost		664
Unrealized Gains		1
Unrealized Losses		(46)
Fair Market Value		619
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Foreign Debt
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost		8,575
Unrealized Gains		1,431
Unrealized Losses		(8)
Fair Market Value		9,998
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Corporate debt
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost		8,500
Unrealized Gains		365
Unrealized Losses		(256)
Fair Market Value		8,609
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Preferred Stock
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost		2,833
Unrealized Gains		479
Unrealized Losses		(176)
Fair Market Value		3,136
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Fixed income
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost	43,013	27,268
Unrealized Gains	353	94
Unrealized Losses	(50)	(2,376)
Fair Market Value	$ 43,316	24,986
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Certificates of deposit
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Cost		79
Unrealized Gains		0
Unrealized Losses		(5)
Fair Market Value		$ 74