Accumulated Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment

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Amortization Of Cemetery Property

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Cemetery Property, Gross

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Contingent Liability Accrual

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Estimated Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Before Discrete Items, Percent

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Growth and Maintenance Expenses

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Growth Capital Expenditures

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Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Net of Uncertain Tax Positions

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Increase (Decrease) In Incentive From Vendor

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Number Of Assets Held For Sale

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Number of Businesses Sold

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Number of cemeteries owned and operated.

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Number of funeral homes owned and operated.

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Organization Description and Operations [Line Items]

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Amount of assets held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of real estate or properties that were intended to be sold or held for capital appreciation or rental income. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale. This element is a noncash adjustment to net income when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth; includes real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excludes real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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Cash received for the sale of real estate that is not part of an investing activity during the current period.

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Amount of divestiture of long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Amount of realized gain (loss) on investment.

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Operations) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) funeral_home state cemeteries divestiture	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) divestiture funeral_home segment state cemeteries	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) divestiture	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Organization Description and Operations [Line Items]
Number of business segments \| segment			2
Contingent liability accrual	$ 5,000		$ 5,000
Realized capital gains			8,600
Incentive payment from vendor			0	$ (6,000)
Carrying value of divestitures			300	600
Proceeds from sale of property			300	1,200
Assets held for sale	500		500
Payments to acquire real estate			12,800
Gain on sale of excess land				600
Growth and maintenance capital expenditures	(1,900)	$ (2,600)	(3,500)	(5,500)
Depreciation expense	3,500	3,700	7,200
Property, plant and equipment, gross	113,300		113,300		$ 114,600
Accumulated amortization	68,700		68,700		$ 64,600
Growth capital expenditures	(1,600)	(1,400)	(3,600)	(3,500)
Amortization of cemetery interment rights	2,600	1,900	4,300	3,100
Total benefit for income taxes	$ 4,200	$ 3,416	$ 7,949	$ 6,918
Income taxes before discrete items	33.60%	28.00%	33.20%	28.50%
Revenue Benchmark \| Product Concentration Risk \| Funeral
Organization Description and Operations [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			65.00%
Revenue Benchmark \| Product Concentration Risk \| Cemetery
Organization Description and Operations [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			35.00%
Funeral homes
Organization Description and Operations [Line Items]
Carrying value of divestitures			$ 3,100
Funeral homes
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Number of owned and operated funeral homes (in Funeral Homes) \| funeral_home	164		164
Number of states in which Company operates \| state	26		26
Cemeteries
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Number of states in which Company operates \| state	11		11
Number of owned and operated cemeteries (in Cemetaries) \| cemeteries	31		31
Carrying value of divestitures			$ 800
Payments to acquire real estate			$ 9,000
Number of businesses sold \| divestiture			2
Cemetery
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Number of businesses sold \| divestiture			1	2
Funeral
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Number of assets held for sale \| divestiture	1		1
Number of businesses sold \| divestiture			6	1