Trust Investments (Cost and fair market values associated with preneed cemetery trust investments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Preneed cemetery trust investments	$ 114,827	$ 112,531
Accrued investment income	99.70%	99.40%
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Trust Securities
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	$ 114,011	$ 112,624
Unrealized Gains	2,906	1,495
Unrealized Losses	(3,234)	(2,199)
Fair Market Value	113,683	111,920
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Accrued Investment Income
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	1,144	611
Fair Market Value	1,144	611
Preneed Funeral Trust Investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	118,381	119,236
Unrealized Gains	2,869	1,510
Unrealized Losses	(3,270)	(2,274)
Fair Market Value	117,980	118,472
Preneed cemetery trust investments	$ 119,033	$ 118,993
Accrued investment income	99.70%	99.40%
Preneed Funeral Trust Investments | Accrued Investment Income
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	$ 1,053	$ 521
Fair Market Value	$ 1,053	$ 521
Perpetual Care Trust Investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Accrued investment income	99.80%	99.90%
Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Trust Securities
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	$ 96,564	$ 95,121
Unrealized Gains	2,579	1,875
Unrealized Losses	(2,819)	(1,987)
Fair Market Value	96,324	95,009
Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Accrued Investment Income
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	1,110	616
Fair Market Value	1,110	616
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	15,724	15,653
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	15,724	15,653
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Common Stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	11,573	11,599
Unrealized Gains	2,051	768
Unrealized Losses	(1,671)	(1,709)
Fair Market Value	11,953	10,658
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Limited Partnership Fund
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	3,471	3,496
Unrealized Gains	439	0
Unrealized Losses	1	(93)
Fair Market Value	3,911	3,403
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Equity Securities
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	10,112	9,483
Unrealized Gains	87	0
Unrealized Losses	(1,103)	(279)
Fair Market Value	9,096	9,204
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Funeral Trust Investments | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	20,981	20,985
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	20,981	20,985
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Funeral Trust Investments | Common Stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	11,729	11,981
Unrealized Gains	2,079	793
Unrealized Losses	(1,694)	(1,765)
Fair Market Value	12,114	11,009
Fair Value, Level 1 | Preneed Funeral Trust Investments | Limited Partnership Fund
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	3,518	3,611
Unrealized Gains	446	0
Unrealized Losses	0	(97)
Fair Market Value	3,964	3,514
Fair Value, Level 1 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	8,331	8,800
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Market Value	8,331	8,800
Fair Value, Level 1 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Common Stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	10,040	10,527
Unrealized Gains	1,780	1,028
Unrealized Losses	(1,450)	(1,451)
Fair Market Value	10,370	10,104
Fair Value, Level 1 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Limited Partnership Fund
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	3,011	2,892
Unrealized Gains	382	0
Unrealized Losses	0	(77)
Fair Market Value	3,393	2,815
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Fixed income
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	42,780	43,013
Unrealized Gains	44	353
Unrealized Losses	(419)	(50)
Fair Market Value	42,405	43,316
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Alternative investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	30,351	29,380
Unrealized Gains	285	374
Unrealized Losses	(42)	(68)
Fair Market Value	30,594	29,686
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments | Alternative investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost		24,308
Unrealized Gains		310
Unrealized Losses		(57)
Fair Market Value		24,561
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Funeral Trust Investments | U.S. agency obligations
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	306	306
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	(18)	(18)
Fair Market Value	288	288
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Funeral Trust Investments | Equity Securities
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	9,691	9,226
Unrealized Gains	15	0
Unrealized Losses	(1,117)	(276)
Fair Market Value	8,589	8,950
Fair Value, Level 2 | Preneed Funeral Trust Investments | Alternative investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	30,757	30,344
Unrealized Gains	288	386
Unrealized Losses	(42)	(70)
Fair Market Value	31,003	30,660
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Corporate debt
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost		94
Unrealized Gains		2
Unrealized Losses		0
Fair Market Value		96
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Equity Securities
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	9,195	9,271
Unrealized Gains	129	216
Unrealized Losses	(956)	(257)
Fair Market Value	8,368	9,230
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Fixed income
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	39,656	39,229
Unrealized Gains	41	319
Unrealized Losses	(376)	(145)
Fair Market Value	39,321	$ 39,403
Fair Value, Level 2 | Perpetual Care Trust Investments | Alternative investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Cost	26,331
Unrealized Gains	247
Unrealized Losses	(37)
Fair Market Value	$ 26,541