The purchase of debt and equity securities not classified as either held-to-maturity securities or trading securities which would be classified as available-for-sale securities and reported at fair values.

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The sale of debt and equity securities not classified as either held-to-maturity securities or trading securities which would be classified as available-for-sale securities and reported at fair values.

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The amount by which the fair value of an investment in debt and equity securities categorized as Available-for-sale is less than the amortized cost basis or carrying amount of that investment at the balance sheet date and the decline in fair value is deemed to be other than temporary, before considering whether or not such amount is recognized in earnings or other comprehensive income.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73527792&loc=d3e27161-111563

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Perpetual Care Trusts - Additional Information (Detail) - Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary - Perpetual care trusts - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Purchases of available for sale securities			$ 161,300,000
Sales, maturities and paydowns of available for sale securities			156,100,000
Other Than Temporarily Impaired Securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairments loss	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0