Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (The Components of Care trusts' corpus) (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Care trusts’ corpus	$ 40,056,000	$ 45,920,000
Fair value measurements, transfers between Level 1 and Level 2	0
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Trust assets, at fair value	40,261,000	46,542,000
Pending withdrawals of income	(296,000)	(659,000)
Pending deposits	91,000	37,000
Care trusts’ corpus	$ 40,056,000	$ 45,920,000