Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Components of earnings before income taxes and the consolidated income tax provision:
Domestic	$ 99.3	$ 110.0	$ 104.7
Foreign	64.8	52.3	55.2
Income before income taxes	164.1	162.3	159.9
Current provision:
Federal	28.9	35.0	39.0
State	5.1	4.4	6.2
Foreign	18.0	10.2	11.7
Total current provision	52.0	49.6	56.9
Deferred provision (benefit):
Federal	3.2	(0.5)	(6.1)
State	(0.7)	1.6	1.3
Foreign	(7.2)	(1.6)	(3.4)
Total deferred provision (benefit)	(4.7)	(0.5)	(8.2)
Income tax expense	$ 47.3	$ 49.1	$ 48.7
Reconciliation of the effective income tax rate with the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate
Federal statutory rates (as a percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Adjustments resulting from the tax effect of:
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	2.00%	2.30%	3.20%
Foreign income tax rate differential (as a percent)	(6.70%)	(6.20%)	(7.20%)
Domestic manufacturer's deduction (as a percent)	(1.90%)	(2.20%)	(2.30%)
Non-deductible acquisition costs (as a percent)	(1.50%)	0.00%	0.00%
Valuation allowance (as a percent)	1.70%	0.30%	0.30%
Other, net (as a percent)	0.20%	1.00%	1.50%
Effective income tax rate (as a percent)	28.80%	30.20%	30.50%
Deferred tax assets:
Employee benefit accruals	$ 90.1	$ 81.2
Loss and tax credit carryforwards	40.6	37.4
Rebates and other discounts	5.7	5.6
Self-insurance reserves	4.6	4.8
Casket pricing obligation	1.6	1.9
Allowance for doubtful accounts	1.1	1.1
Inventory, net	3.2	2.2
Other, net	11.9	13.0
Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowance	158.8	147.2
Less valuation allowance	(5.5)	(2.8)
Total deferred tax assets, net	153.3	144.4
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	(9.7)	(9.7)
Amortization	(134.9)	(136.3)
Long-term contracts and customer prepayments	(21.2)	(25.7)
Unremitted earnings of foreign operations	(0.2)	(0.2)
Other, net	(8.8)	(5.2)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(174.8)	(177.1)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(21.5)	(32.7)
Amounts recorded in the balance sheets:
Deferred taxes, current	1.1	(3.5)
Deferred taxes, long-term	(22.6)	(29.2)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(21.5)	(32.7)
Deferred income tax assets related to U.S. federal and state tax credit carryforwards	7.2
Deferred income tax assets related to foreign net operating loss carryforwards	33.4
Current income tax payable	16.6	14.6
Total permanently reinvested earnings	$ 172.7	$ 129.4