Supplementary Information

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Supplementary Information [Abstract]

Supplementary Information

(10) Supplementary Information

     The detail of certain income statement accounts is as follows for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2011 and 2010.

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Service revenue
Funeral	$	47,078	$	45,050	$	146,096	$	135,568
Cemetery		14,642		14,272		45,266		45,081
		61,720		59,322		191,362		180,649
Merchandise revenue
Funeral		19,816		19,884		63,808		68,838
Cemetery		37,479		38,035		112,031		108,777
		57,295		57,919		175,839		177,615
Other revenue
Funeral		1,867		1,751		5,697		5,059
Cemetery		3,475		3,566		10,388		11,280
		5,342		5,317		16,085		16,339
Total revenue	$	124,357	$	122,558	$	383,286	$	374,603
Service costs
Funeral	$	16,722	$	15,609	$	48,838	$	44,966
Cemetery		11,313		10,455		32,084		30,810
		28,035		26,064		80,922		75,776
Merchandise costs
Funeral		13,414		13,236		41,650		42,270
Cemetery		23,197		23,299		69,981		69,654
		36,611		36,535		111,631		111,924
Facility expenses
Funeral		24,244		23,093		72,296		71,302
Cemetery		13,715		14,434		42,689		42,846
		37,959		37,527		114,985		114,148
Total costs	$	102,605	$	100,126	$	307,538	$	301,848

     Service revenue includes funeral service revenue, funeral trust earnings, insurance commission revenue, burial site openings and closings and perpetual care trust earnings. Merchandise revenue includes funeral merchandise revenue, flower sales, cemetery property sales revenue, cemetery merchandise delivery revenue and merchandise trust earnings. Other revenue consists of finance charge revenue and trust management fees. Service costs include the direct costs associated with service revenue and preneed selling costs associated with preneed service sales. Merchandise costs include the direct costs associated with merchandise revenue and preneed selling costs associated with preneed merchandise sales.