Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (The Components of Care trusts' corpus) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value	$ 400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments
Care trusts’ corpus		41,893,000csv_CareTrustsCorpus	48,142,000csv_CareTrustsCorpus
Perpetual Care Trust Invesments
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value	100,000	0
Trust assets, at market value		42,342,000	48,670,000
Obligations due from trust		(449,000)	(528,000)
Care trusts’ corpus		$ 41,893,000	$ 48,142,000

The total liability as of the balance sheet date from proceeds deposited into trust from the sale of cemetery property interment rights, including undistributed earnings on investments.

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Amount of undistributed income due to or from the Care Trust Corpus.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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The amount by which the fair value of an investment is less than the amortized cost basis or carrying amount of that investment at the balance sheet date and the decline in fair value is deemed to be other than temporary, before considering whether or not such amount is recognized in earnings or other comprehensive income.

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