Acquisition Acquisition, Textuals (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 23, 2013	Oct. 15, 2013	Jun. 03, 2011
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price Per Share				$ 13.25
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs	$ 39,700,000
Amortization of Acquisition Costs	28,400,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net			37,300,000	578,578,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Noncurrent Assets, Receivables	147,500,000
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	582,226,000	20,289,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount	3,000,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue		11,400,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual		800,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired					20.00%	70.00%
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Including Subsequent Acquisition, Percentage					90.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	1,500,000,000		0
Business Combination, Debt Assumed				331,500,000
Acquisition costs - period interest	11,300,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	185,678,000		37,600,000
Cemetery [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	260,108,000	0
Funeral [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	322,118,000	20,289,000
Current [Member]
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount	16,900,000
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible	2,300,000
Noncurrent [Member]
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount	165,700,000
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible	18,200,000
Keystone Acquisition [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	260,400,000
Keystone Acquisition [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	$ 318,200,000