Acquisitions and Divestiture-Related Activities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]

Gains (Losses) on Divestitures and Impairment Charges

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
	(In thousands)
Gains (losses) on divestitures, net	$	8,058		$	(62	)	$	16,199		$	22,611
Impairment losses	(88		)	(81		)	(882		)	(17,066		)
Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net	$	7,970		$	(143	)	$	15,317		$	5,545

Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block]

	Useful life
	Minimum	Maximum	Fair Value
	(Years)		(In thousands)
Other preneed customer relationships	10	20	$	23,993
Selling and management agreements	89	89	13,176
Operating leases	89	89	2,848
Tradenames	89	89	7,000
Tradenames		Indefinite	18,000
Total intangible assets			$	65,017

Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Table Text Block]

	(in thousands)
Other current assets	$	2,881
Cemetery property	28,683
Property and equipment, net	25,717
Preneed receivables, net and trust investments	102,720
Finite-lived intangible assets	47,017
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	18,000
Deferred charges and other assets	1,717
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	53,027
Goodwill	27,416
Total assets acquired	307,178
Current liabilities	4,205
Deferred revenue and deferred receipts held in trust	112,874
Deferred income taxes	5,064
Care trusts' corpus	53,027
Total liabilities assumed	175,170
Net assets acquired	$	132,008