Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts, Textuals (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ (3,550)	$ (305)	$ (5,052)	$ (935)
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Investment Earnings, Net	19,600	15,100	33,000	29,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ (996)	$ (7)	$ (1,507)	$ (47)
Underlying assets liquidation range, minimum			2 years
Underlying assets liquidation range, maximum			10 years

The amount of other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses on equity securities, OTTI related to credit losses on debt securities, and OTTI losses on debt securities when the entity intends to sell the securities or it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the securities before recovery of its amortized cost basis. Additionally, this item includes OTTI losses recognized during the period on investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 8B

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=SL6284393-111563

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