10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended January 31, 2013

or

¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number: 1-15449

STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

LOUISIANA	72-0693290
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1333 South Clearview Parkway
Jefferson, Louisiana	70121
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(504) 729-1400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes   x     No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).      Yes   x     No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	¨	Accelerated filer	x
Non-accelerated filer	¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).      Yes   ¨     No   x

The number of shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, no par value per share, and Class B common stock, no par value per share, outstanding as of February 28, 2013, was 81,834,044 and 3,555,020, respectively.

STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX

			Page
Part I.	Financial Information
	Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings — Three Months Ended January 31, 2013 and 2012			3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income — Three Months Ended January 31, 2013 and 2012			4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets — January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012			5
	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity — Three Months Ended January 31, 2013			7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Three Months Ended January 31, 2013 and 2012			8
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			9
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		43
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		53
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		53
Part II.	Other Information
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		53
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors		53
	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		54
	Item 6.	Exhibits		54
	Signatures			56

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Revenues:
Funeral	$	78,065		$	72,011
Cemetery		57,616			52,813
		135,681			124,824
Costs and expenses:
Funeral		56,664			53,354
Cemetery		46,701			46,074
		103,365			99,428
Gross profit		32,316			25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(7,388	)		(6,692	)
Restructuring and other charges		(81	)		—
Net gain on dispositions		721			343
Other operating income, net		921			194
Operating earnings		26,489			19,241
Interest expense		(5,916	)		(5,867	)
Investment and other income, net		124			46
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		20,697			13,420
Income taxes		5,163			4,562
Earnings from continuing operations		15,534			8,858
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		(88	)		(367	)
Income tax benefit		(31	)		(54	)
Loss from discontinued operations		(57	)		(313	)
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	8,545
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$	.18		$	.10
Loss from discontinued operations		—			—
Net earnings	$	.18		$	.10
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$	.18		$	.10
Loss from discontinued operations		—			—
Net earnings	$	.18		$	.10
Weighted average common shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic		84,394			87,037
Diluted		84,930			87,349
Dividends declared per common share	$	—		$	.035

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	8,545
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net of deferred tax (expense) benefit of $12 and ($2), respectively		(21	)		5
Comprehensive income	$	15,456		$	8,550

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	January 31, 2013		October 31, 2012
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	63,356	$	68,187
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,250		6,250
Marketable securities		14,653		10,514
Receivables, net of allowances		54,336		52,441
Inventories		36,537		36,495
Prepaid expenses		10,101		4,923
Deferred income taxes, net		22,862		30,671
Total current assets		208,095		209,481
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances		71,267		72,620
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		441,783		432,422
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		233,514		225,048
Goodwill		249,584		249,584
Cemetery property, at cost		400,599		401,670
Property and equipment, at cost:
Land		49,765		49,085
Buildings		366,452		360,852
Equipment and other		205,741		204,971
		621,958		614,908
Less accumulated depreciation		329,023		323,648
Net property and equipment		292,935		291,260
Deferred income taxes, net		65,994		62,125
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		270,293		263,663
Other assets		13,046		13,812
Total assets	$	2,247,110	$	2,221,685

(continued)

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	6		$	6
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		23,572			25,214
Accrued payroll and other benefits		14,074			19,964
Accrued insurance		22,122			22,152
Accrued interest		4,254			2,161
Estimated obligation to fund cemetery perpetual care trust		11,956			11,965
Other current liabilities		8,590			14,723
Income taxes payable		1,589			1,004
Total current liabilities		86,163			97,189
Long-term debt, less current maturities		322,948			321,887
Deferred income taxes, net		4,201			4,931
Deferred preneed funeral revenue		239,681			240,415
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue		263,514			265,347
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		601,934			585,164
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus		267,192			261,883
Other long-term liabilities		20,986			20,548
Total liabilities		1,806,619			1,797,364
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $1.00 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued		—			—
Common stock, $1.00 stated value:
Class A authorized 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 81,797,232 and 81,359,536 shares at January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively		81,797			81,360
Class B authorized 5,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 3,555,020 shares at January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012; 10 votes per share convertible into an equal number of Class A shares		3,555			3,555
Additional paid-in capital		479,337			479,060
Accumulated deficit		(124,219	)		(139,696	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Unrealized appreciation of investments		21			42
Total accumulated other comprehensive income		21			42
Total shareholders’ equity		440,491			424,321
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	2,247,110		$	2,221,685

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	Common Stock(1)			Additional Paid-In Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Total Shareholders’ Equity
Balance October 31, 2012	$	84,915		$	479,060		$	(139,696	)	$	42		$	424,321
Comprehensive income		—			—			15,477			(21	)		15,456
Restricted stock activity		513			(139	)		—			—			374
Issuance of common stock		26			163			—			—			189
Stock options exercised		143			588			—			—			731
Stock option expense		—			472			—			—			472
Tax benefit associated with stock activity		—			755			—			—			755
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(245	)		(1,588	)		—			—			(1,833	)
Other		—			26			—			—			26
Balance January 31, 2013	$	85,352		$	479,337		$	(124,219	)	$	21		$	440,491

⁽¹⁾  Amount includes 81,797 and 81,360 shares (in thousands) of Class A common stock with a stated value of $1 per share as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively, and includes 3,555 shares (in thousands) of Class B common stock.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	8,545
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Net gain on dispositions		(633	)		(343	)
Depreciation and amortization		6,487			6,552
Non-cash interest and amortization of discount on senior convertible notes		1,429			1,365
Provision for doubtful accounts		1,886			1,278
Share-based compensation		981			1,144
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements		(74	)		(23	)
Provision for deferred income taxes		3,923			3,613
Estimated obligation to fund cemetery perpetual care trust		—			642
Other		37			4
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in receivables		(2,516	)		559
Increase in prepaid expenses		(5,178	)		(4,138	)
(Increase) decrease in inventories and cemetery property		1,022			(2,596	)
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses		(6,226	)		(7,482	)
Net effect of preneed funeral production and maturities:
Increase in preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		(731	)		(725	)
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral revenue		(706	)		(1,012	)
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust		(412	)		(67	)
Net effect of preneed cemetery production and deliveries:
Increase in preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		(3,222	)		(1,642	)
Decrease in deferred preneed cemetery revenue		(1,833	)		(439	)
Increase in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust		1,795			2,299
Increase in other		390			251
Net cash provided by operating activities		11,896			7,785
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities		—			250
Deposits of restricted funds and purchases of marketable securities		(3,956	)		(1,756	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		778			233
Additions to property and equipment		(9,250	)		(6,524	)
Other		48			23
Net cash used in investing activities		(12,380	)		(7,774	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(1	)		(1	)
Debt refinancing costs		—			(34	)
Issuance of common stock		787			117
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(1,833	)		(7,847	)
Dividends		(3,374	)		(3,062	)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements		74			23
Net cash used in financing activities		(4,347	)		(10,804	)
Net decrease in cash		(4,831	)		(10,793	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		68,187			65,688
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	63,356		$	54,895
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net	$	484		$	(197	)
Interest	$	2,432		$	2,435
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Issuance of common stock to directors	$	133		$	437
Issuance of restricted stock, net of forfeitures	$	374		$	300

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(1) Basis of Presentation

(a) The Company

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) is a provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States and Puerto Rico. Through its subsidiaries, the Company offers a complete line of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and services, both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. As of January 31, 2013, the Company owned and operated 216 funeral homes and 141 cemeteries in 24 states within the United States and Puerto Rico. The Company has three operating and reportable segments consisting of a funeral segment, a cemetery segment and a corporate trust management segment.

(b) Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

(c) Interim Disclosures

The information as of January 31, 2013, and for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, is unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflects all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”).

The October 31, 2012 condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which are presented in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K.

The results of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2013.

(d) Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates are disclosed in Note 2 in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K.

(e) Share-Based Compensation

The Company has share-based compensation plans, which are described in more detail in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Stock option expense is reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings and amounted to $472 and $373 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, there was $4,929 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.1 years. Total stock option expense for fiscal year 2013 is expected to be approximately $1,800. The expense related to restricted stock is reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings and amounted to $376 and $334 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, there was $2,925 of remaining future restricted stock expense to be recognized. Total restricted stock expense for fiscal year 2013 is expected to be approximately $2,100.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(1) Basis of Presentation—(Continued)

During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company issued 17,116 shares of Class A common stock which amounted to $133 and paid approximately $437 in cash to the independent directors of the Company. During the three months ended January 31, 2012, the Company issued 67,853 shares of Class A common stock which amounted to $437 and paid approximately $133 in cash to the independent directors of the Company. The total expenses related to these annual grants are reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings. All of the shares issued have a restriction requiring each independent director to hold the respective shares until completion of service as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

The table below presents all stock options and restricted stock granted to employees during the three months ended January 31, 2013:

Grant Type	Number of  Shares Granted		Weighted Average Price per  Share		Vesting Period	Vesting Condition
Stock options		1,256,500	$	7.36	Equal one-fourth portions over 4 years	Service condition
Restricted stock		516,500	$	7.36	Equal one-third portions over 3 years	Market condition

The fair value of the Company’s service based stock options granted in fiscal year 2013 is the estimated present value at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for the three months ended January 31, 2013: expected dividend yield of 2.2 percent; expected volatility of 37.6 percent; risk-free interest rate of 1.1 percent; and an expected term of 6.3 years. During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company granted 516,500 shares of restricted stock with market conditions based on achieving certain specified target stock prices in the fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015. The market condition related to fiscal year 2013 was achieved. The Company records the expense over the requisite service period.

(f) Purchase and Retirement of Common Stock

Share repurchases are recorded at stated value with the amount in excess of stated value recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. Share repurchases reduce the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period.

In September 2007, the Company announced a stock repurchase program, authorizing the investment of up to $25,000 in the repurchase of the Company’s common stock. The program was increased by $25,000 in December 2007, June 2008, June 2011 and September 2011, resulting in a $125,000 program. Repurchases under the program are limited to the Company’s Class A common stock, and can be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at such times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate, depending upon market conditions and other factors. During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company repurchased 245,118 shares of its Class A common stock for $1,826 at an average price of $7.45 per share. As of January 31, 2013, the Company has repurchased 16,172,850 shares of its Class A common stock since the start of the program for $110,381 at an average price of $6.83 per share and has $14,619 remaining authorized under this program.

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(1) Basis of Presentation—(Continued)

(g) Dividends

In March 2005, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend of two and one-half cents per share of Class A and B common stock. In September 2009, June 2011 and March 2012, the Company announced that it had increased its quarterly dividend rate by one half cent per share. As of March 2012, the quarterly dividend rate is four cents per share of Class A and B common stock. Although the Company intends to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, the declaration and payment of future dividends are discretionary and will be subject to determination by the Board of Directors each quarter after its review of the Company’s financial performance. For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company paid $3,374 and $3,062, respectively, in dividends. The Company’s Board of Directors declared its first quarter 2013 dividend in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012, accelerating the payment to December of 2012.

(h) Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company establishes an allowance for uncollectible installment contracts and trade accounts based on a range of percentages applied to accounts receivable aging categories. These percentages are based on an analysis of the Company’s historical collection and write-off experience. At-need funeral and other receivables are considered past due after 30 days. The Company records an allowance on its interest accruals similar to the corresponding principal aging categories. For accounts that are greater than 90 days past due, interest continues to be accrued, however, an allowance is established to fully reserve this interest receivable. Interest income on these receivables is recognized only to the extent the account becomes less than 90 days past due and then only on the non-reserved portion. Accounts are restored to normal accrual status only when interest and principal payments are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company’s receivables and related allowances were as follows:

	Receivables as of January 31, 2013		Receivables as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral	$	10,374	$	8,120
Current receivables – other		48,579		48,380
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		76,686		77,873
Preneed funeral receivables		44,273		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		29,333		29,594
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926
Total current receivables		58,953		56,500
Total noncurrent receivables		150,292		152,426
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(1) Basis of Presentation—(Continued)

Other receivables are comprised primarily of receivables related to the sale of preneed property interment rights but also include income tax receivables and trade and other receivables.

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of January 31, 2013			Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	(4,617	)	$	(4,059	)
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		(5,419	)		(5,253	)
Preneed funeral receivables		(10,415	)		(10,412	)
Preneed cemetery receivables		(2,043	)		(2,090	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)
Total current receivables		(4,617	)		(4,059	)
Total noncurrent receivables		(17,877	)		(17,755	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2012		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2013
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,059		868		(310	)	$	4,617
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		5,253		1,018		(852	)		5,419
	$	9,312		1,886		(1,162	)	$	10,036
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2011		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2012
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,626		526		(562	)	$	4,590
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		7,118		752		(1,304	)		6,566
	$	11,744		1,278		(1,866	)	$	11,156

The Company establishes allowances for preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services trust receivables. Changes in these allowances have no effect on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings but are recorded as reductions in preneed receivables and preneed deferred revenue in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(1) Basis of Presentation—(Continued)

The following summarizes the Company’s receivables aging analysis:

	Receivables Aging Analysis as of January 31, 2013
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	5,474	$	1,873	$	701	$	2,326	$	10,374
Receivables – other		107,583		3,600		2,263		11,819		125,265
Preneed funeral receivables		32,418		687		459		10,709		44,273
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,490		851		534		2,458		29,333
	$	170,965	$	7,011	$	3,957	$	27,312	$	209,245
	Receivables Aging Analysis as of October 31, 2012
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	4,392	$	1,274	$	509	$	1,945	$	8,120
Receivables – other		107,602		4,239		2,491		11,921		126,253
Preneed funeral receivables		33,034		825		406		10,694		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,472		1,012		584		2,526		29,594
	$	170,500	$	7,350	$	3,990	$	27,086	$	208,926

(i) Marketable Securities

The market value of the Company’s marketable securities as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 was $15,653 and $11,514, respectively. Of the total marketable securities balance as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, $1,000 is classified as a long-term asset in “other assets” in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company is required by Texas statutes to maintain a minimal capital level of $1,000, of which at least 40 percent must be in readily marketable investments. The January 31, 2013 balance consists of $11,313 of Level 1 investments and $4,340 of Level 2 investments. The October 31, 2012 balance consists of $10,999 of Level 1 investments and $515 of Level 2 investments. Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stock and mutual funds. Level 2 investments include U.S. government, agencies and municipalities and corporate bonds. See Notes 3, 4 and 5 for a discussion of the investments in the Company’s preneed funeral merchandise and services trust, preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust and cemetery perpetual care trust.

(j) Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2012 condensed consolidated financial statements in order for these periods to be comparable due to the reclassification of discontinued operations. These reclassifications had no effect on the Company’s net earnings, total shareholders’ equity or cash flows.

(2) New Accounting Principles

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-05 regarding the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance amends the previous application of comprehensive income and the requirements regarding presentation in the financial statements. It requires the disclosure of the components of comprehensive income, which the Company disclosed in other sections of its filings, to be presented as part of one statement of comprehensive income, or as a separate statement of comprehensive income following the statement of earnings. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12 which temporarily deferred those changes in ASU No. 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification

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(2) New Accounting Principles—(Continued)

adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income. In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02 which clarifies the reporting requirements of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. This guidance is effective for fiscal years (and interim periods within such years) beginning after December 15, 2011, which corresponds to the Company’s first fiscal quarter beginning November 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance by the Company had no impact on its financial condition or results of operations. The Company now includes a separate statement of comprehensive income within its financial statements. See additional required disclosures in Note 13.

In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU No. 2012-02 regarding subsequent measurement guidance for long lived intangibles. This guidance is meant to reduce the cost and complexity of performing an impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets. This guidance is effective for annual and interim tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012, which corresponds to the Company’s first fiscal quarter beginning November 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance by the Company had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

(3) Preneed Funeral Activities

The Company maintains three types of trust and escrow accounts: (1) preneed funeral merchandise and services, (2) preneed cemetery merchandise and services and (3) cemetery perpetual care. The activity of these trust and escrow accounts is detailed below and in Notes 4 and 5.

Preneed Funeral Receivables and Trust Investments

Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments represent trust assets and customer receivables related to unperformed, price-guaranteed trust-funded preneed funeral contracts. The components of preneed funeral receivables and trust investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
Trust assets	$	407,925		$	397,875
Receivables from customers		44,273			44,959
		452,198			442,834
Allowance for cancellations		(10,415	)		(10,412	)
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	$	441,783		$	432,422

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(3) Preneed Funeral Activities—(Continued)

The cost basis and market values associated with preneed funeral merchandise and services trust assets as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	40,580	$	—	$	—		$	40,580
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		6,326		—		—			6,326
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,657		73		—			1,730
Corporate bonds	2		15,107		1,428		(37	)		16,498
Preferred stocks	2		33,314		1,111		(540	)		33,885
Common stocks	1		206,520		8,293		(36,301	)		178,512
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		13,751		1,094		(1,131	)		13,714
Fixed income	1		95,221		1,333		(1,083	)		95,471
Commodity	1		9,012		—		(2,011	)		7,001
Real estate investment trusts	1		5,013		332		(23	)		5,322
Master limited partnerships	1		2,049		83		—			2,132
Insurance contracts and other	3		5,410		184		—			5,594
Trust investments		$	433,960	$	13,931	$	(41,126	)	$	406,765
Market value as a percentage of cost											93.7	%
Accrued investment income										1,160
Trust assets									$	407,925

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	2,266
Due in one to five years		12,626
Due in five to ten years		2,829
Thereafter		507
	$	18,228

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(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(3) Preneed Funeral Activities—(Continued)

The cost basis and market values associated with preneed funeral merchandise and services trust assets as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	24,501	$	—	$	—		$	24,501
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		6,775		—		—			6,775
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,657		79		—			1,736
Corporate bonds	2		18,946		1,580		—			20,526
Preferred stocks	2		34,939		1,099		(688	)		35,350
Common stocks	1		196,745		4,598		(42,568	)		158,775
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		18,471		1,007		(1,494	)		17,984
Fixed income	1		96,021		3,271		(570	)		98,722
Commodity	1		13,412		—		(2,864	)		10,548
Real estate investment trusts	1		8,737		564		(9	)		9,292
Master limited partnerships	1		6,867		1		(26	)		6,842
Insurance contracts and other	3		5,372		168		—			5,540
Trust investments		$	432,443	$	12,367	$	(48,219	)	$	396,591
Market value as a percentage of cost											91.7	%
Accrued investment income										1,284
Trust assets									$	397,875

The Company periodically manages a covered call program on its equity securities within the preneed funeral merchandise and services trust in order to reduce the exposure and volatility of equity securities as well as provide an opportunity for additional income. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had outstanding covered calls with a market value of $220 and $379, respectively. Covered calls are included at market value in the balance sheet line “preneed funeral receivables and trust investments.” For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company realized trust (losses) earnings of approximately ($220) and $4, respectively, related to the covered call program. These trust earnings and losses are accounted for in the same manner as other funeral merchandise and services trust earnings and losses and flow through funeral revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings as the underlying service or merchandise are actually performed or delivered. Although the Company realized losses associated with the covered call program for the three months ended January 31, 2013, it continued to hold the underlying securities against which these covered calls were issued; these underlying securities appreciated in value by $596 for the three months ended January 31, 2013.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, investments held by the trusts are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy. The Company’s Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stocks and mutual funds.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, then fair values are estimated by using quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics. These investments are primarily U. S. Government, agencies and municipalities, corporate bonds, convertible bonds and preferred stocks, all of which are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

The Company’s Level 3 investments include insurance contracts and partnership investments purchased within the trusts. The valuation of insurance contracts and partnership investments requires significant management judgment due to the absence of quoted prices, inherent lack of liquidity and the long-term nature of such assets. The

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(3) Preneed Funeral Activities—(Continued)

fair market value of the insurance contracts is based upon the current face value of the contracts according to the respective insurance carriers, which is deemed to approximate fair market value. The fair market value of the partnership investments was determined by using their most recent audited financial statements and assessing the market value of the underlying securities within the partnership.

The change in the Company’s preneed funeral merchandise and services trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012
Fair market value, beginning balance	$	5,540	$	5,868
Distributions and other, net		54		(104	)
Fair market value, ending balance	$	5,594	$	5,764

Activity related to preneed funeral trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	86,296		$	16,919
Sales		105,243			4,527
Realized gains from sales of investments		6,440			327
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(3,172	)(1)		(115	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		3,287			4,938
Deposits (2)		5,992			5,588
Withdrawals (2)		9,036			8,599

⁽¹⁾  Includes $1,417 in losses from the sale of investments and $1,755 in losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

⁽²⁾  The Company historically sold a significant portion of its preneed funeral sales through trust-funded price-guaranteed contracts. Over time, the mix has shifted to a more significant portion being sold using insurance, particularly in states where the trusting requirements are high.

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the preneed funeral merchandise and services trust investments with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

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(3) Preneed Funeral Activities—(Continued)

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds	$	523	$	(37	)	$	—	$	—		$	523	$	(37	)
Preferred stocks		2,784		(270	)		3,405		(270	)		6,189		(540	)
Common stocks		26,685		(1,518	)		73,854		(34,783	)		100,539		(36,301	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		—		—			3,702		(1,131	)		3,702		(1,131	)
Fixed income		46,568		(508	)		3,451		(575	)		50,019		(1,083	)
Commodity		—		—			7,001		(2,011	)		7,001		(2,011	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,654		(23	)		—		—			2,654		(23	)
Total	$	79,214	$	(2,356	)	$	91,413	$	(38,770	)	$	170,627	$	(41,126	)
	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Preferred stocks	$	5,707	$	(170	)	$	6,923	$	(518	)	$	12,630	$	(688	)
Common stocks		34,686		(2,241	)		76,621		(40,327	)		111,307		(42,568	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		2,467		(24	)		3,363		(1,470	)		5,830		(1,494	)
Fixed income		7,054		(11	)		3,684		(559	)		10,738		(570	)
Commodity		—		—			10,547		(2,864	)		10,547		(2,864	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,005		(9	)		—		—			2,005		(9	)
Master limited partnerships		5,281		(26	)		—		—			5,281		(26	)
Total	$	57,200	$	(2,481	)	$	101,138	$	(45,738	)	$	158,338	$	(48,219	)

The unrealized losses in the preneed funeral merchandise and services trust portfolio are not considered to be other than temporary. For a discussion of the Company’s policies for determining whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired, see Note 2(k) to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Of the total unrealized losses at January 31, 2013, 88 percent, or $36,301, were generated by investments in common stock. Most of the common stock investments are part of the S&P 500 Index. The Company generally expects its portfolio performance to improve if the performance of the overall financial market improves, but would also expect its performance to deteriorate if the overall financial market declines. The Company believes it has the intent and ability to hold these investments until they recover in value.

The Company’s policy for recognizing trust income follows the allocation of trust earnings to individual contracts as stipulated in the Company’s respective trust agreements. In substantially all of the Company’s trusts, trust earnings, which include dividends and interest earned and net capital gains and losses (including losses from other-than-temporary impairments of securities) realized by preneed funeral trust or escrow accounts net of fees, are allocated to individual contracts as earned or realized. In these trusts, unrealized gains and losses are not allocated to the underlying contracts. The trust earnings allocated to individual contracts are recognized as components of revenue along with the original contract sales price when the underlying service or merchandise is actually performed or delivered. Principal and earnings are withdrawn only as the merchandise or services are delivered or contracts are cancelled, except in jurisdictions that permit trust earnings to be withdrawn currently.

Cash flows from preneed funeral contracts are presented as operating cash flows in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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(4) Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities

Preneed Cemetery Receivables and Trust Investments

Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments represent trust assets and customer receivables for contracts sold in advance of when the merchandise or service is needed. The receivables related to the sale of preneed property interment rights are included in the Company’s current and long-term receivables. The components of preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
Trust assets	$	206,224		$	197,544
Receivables from customers		29,333			29,594
		235,557			227,138
Allowance for cancellations		(2,043	)		(2,090	)
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	$	233,514		$	225,048

The cost basis and market values associated with the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust assets as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	14,184	$	—	$	—		$	14,184
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		450		—		—			450
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,527		102		—			1,629
Corporate bonds	2		1,922		137		—			2,059
Preferred stocks	2		12,540		593		(248	)		12,885
Common stocks	1		106,025		3,992		(23,908	)		86,109
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		23,102		178		(5,097	)		18,183
Fixed income	1		52,621		521		(389	)		52,753
Commodity	1		8,693		—		(2,049	)		6,644
Master limited partnerships	1		7,282		253		—			7,535
Real estate investment trusts	1		3,178		39		(20	)		3,197
Trust investments		$	231,524	$	5,815	$	(31,711	)	$	205,628
Market value as a percentage of cost											88.8	%
Accrued investment income										596
Trust assets									$	206,224

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	235
Due in one to five years		2,024
Due in five to ten years		1,095
Thereafter		334
	$	3,688

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(Unaudited)

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(4) Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities—(Continued)

The cost basis and market values associated with the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust assets as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	9,099	$	—	$	—		$	9,099
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		487		—		—			487
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,568		115		—			1,683
Corporate bonds	2		1,981		156		—			2,137
Preferred stocks	2		12,790		142		—			12,932
Common stocks	1		104,170		1,931		(27,687	)		78,414
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		23,818		201		(6,253	)		17,766
Fixed income	1		53,572		857		(16	)		54,413
Commodity	1		8,693		—		(1,991	)		6,702
Real estate investment trusts	1		3,021		—		(14	)		3,007
Master limited partnerships	1		10,303		—		(67	)		10,236
Trust investments		$	229,502	$	3,402	$	(36,028	)	$	196,876
Market value as a percentage of cost											85.8	%
Accrued investment income										668
Trust assets									$	197,544

The Company periodically manages a covered call program on its equity securities within the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust in order to reduce the exposure and volatility of equity securities as well as provide an opportunity for additional income. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had outstanding covered calls with a market value of $156 and $171, respectively. Covered calls are included at market value in the balance sheet line “preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments.” For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company realized trust (losses) earnings of approximately ($150) and $5, respectively, related to the covered call program. These trust earnings and losses are accounted for in the same manner as other cemetery merchandise and services trust earnings and losses and flow through cemetery revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings as the underlying service or merchandise are actually performed or delivered. Although the Company realized losses associated with the covered call program for the three months ended January 31, 2013, it continued to hold the underlying securities against which these covered calls were issued; these underlying securities appreciated in value by $378 for the three months ended January 31, 2013.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, investments held by the trusts are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy. The Company’s Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stocks and mutual funds.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, then fair values are estimated by using quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics. These investments are U. S. Government, agencies and municipalities, corporate bonds, convertible bonds and preferred stocks, all of which are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

There are no Level 3 investments in the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investment portfolio.

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(4) Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities—(Continued)

Activity related to preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	33,785		$	3,283
Sales		38,103			1,959
Realized gains from sales of investments		2,533			220
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(1,238	)(1)		(84	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		1,982			2,696
Deposits		4,459			4,332
Withdrawals		4,856			4,454

⁽¹⁾  Includes $250 in losses from the sale of investments and $988 in the losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investments aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Preferred stocks	$	887	$	(57	)	$	1,953	$	(191	)	$	2,840	$	(248	)
Common stocks		12,370		(1,058	)		38,479		(22,850	)		50,849		(23,908	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		—		—			12,894		(5,097	)		12,894		(5,097	)
Fixed income		28,321		(389	)		—		—			28,321		(389	)
Commodity		—		—			6,645		(2,049	)		6,645		(2,049	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,231		(20	)		—		—			2,231		(20	)
Total	$	43,809	$	(1,524	)	$	59,971	$	(30,187	)	$	103,780	$	(31,711	)

	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Common stocks	$	18,856	$	(1,271	)	$	37,775	$	(26,416	)	$	56,631	$	(27,687	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		1,868		(14	)		11,756		(6,239	)		13,624		(6,253	)
Fixed income		11,014		(16	)		—		—			11,014		(16	)
Commodity		—		—			6,703		(1,991	)		6,703		(1,991	)
Real estate investment trusts		3,007		(14	)		—		—			3,007		(14	)
Master limited partnerships		10,236		(67	)		—		—			10,236		(67	)
Total	$	44,981	$	(1,382	)	$	56,234	$	(34,646	)	$	101,215	$	(36,028	)

The unrealized losses in the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust portfolio are not considered to be other than temporary. For a discussion of the Company’s policies for determining whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired, see Note 2(k) to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Of the total unrealized losses at January 31, 2013, 91 percent, or $29,005, were generated by common stock and mutual fund-equity investments. Most of the common stock investments are part of the S&P 500 Index, and the mutual fund-equity investments are invested in small-cap, mid-cap and international mutual funds that are highly diversified. The Company generally expects its portfolio performance to improve if the performance of the overall financial market improves, but would also expect its performance to deteriorate if the overall financial market declines. The Company believes it has the intent and ability to hold these investments until they recover in value.

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(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(4) Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities—(Continued)

The Company’s policy for recognizing trust income follows the allocation of trust earnings to individual contracts as stipulated in the Company’s respective trust agreements. In substantially all of the Company’s trusts, trust earnings, which include dividends and interest earned and net capital gains and losses (including losses from other-than-temporary impairments of securities) realized by preneed cemetery trust or escrow accounts net of fees, are allocated to individual contracts as earned or realized. In these trusts, unrealized gains and losses are not allocated to the underlying contracts. The trust earnings allocated to individual contracts are recognized as components of revenue along with the original contract sales price when the underlying service or merchandise is actually performed or delivered. Principal and earnings are withdrawn only as the merchandise or services are delivered or contracts are cancelled, except in jurisdictions that permit trust earnings to be withdrawn currently.

Cash flows from preneed cemetery merchandise and services contracts are presented as operating cash flows in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

(5) Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts

Earnings from cemetery perpetual care trust investments that the Company is legally permitted to withdraw are recognized as current cemetery revenues and are used to defray cemetery maintenance costs which are expensed as incurred. Recognized earnings related to these cemetery perpetual care trust investments were $4,242 and $2,994 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The cost basis and market values of the trust investments held by the cemetery perpetual care trusts as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	24,716	$	—	$	—		$	24,716
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		4,651		213		(1	)		4,863
Corporate bonds	2		24,293		1,116		(147	)		25,262
Preferred stocks	2		26,002		1,547		(617	)		26,932
Common stocks	1		86,556		4,935		(15,171	)		76,320
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		17,340		1,479		(373	)		18,446
Fixed income	1		77,530		2,300		(1,156	)		78,674
Commodity	1		4,595		5		(499	)		4,101
Real estate investment trusts	1		9,113		1,006		(20	)		10,099
Other	3		47		—		—			47
Trust investments		$	274,843	$	12,601	$	(17,984	)	$	269,460
Market value as a percentage of cost											98.0	%
Accrued investment income										833
Trust assets									$	270,293

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(5) Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts—(Continued)

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	3,540
Due in one to five years		14,411
Due in five to ten years		7,962
Thereafter		4,212
	$	30,125

The cost basis and market values of the trust investments held by the cemetery perpetual care trusts as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	16,856	$	—	$	—		$	16,856
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		5,089		250		—			5,339
Corporate bonds	2		26,479		1,409		(828	)		27,060
Preferred stocks	2		33,476		552		(2,069	)		31,959
Common stocks	1		90,085		3,017		(19,440	)		73,662
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		17,204		1,164		(521	)		17,847
Fixed income	1		74,762		2,400		(713	)		76,449
Commodity	1		4,591		6		(463	)		4,134
Real estate investment trusts	1		8,792		614		(15	)		9,391
Other	3		47		—		—			47
Trust investments		$	277,381	$	9,412	$	(24,049	)	$	262,744
Market value as a percentage of cost											94.7	%
Accrued investment income										919
Trust assets									$	263,663

The Company periodically manages a covered call program on its equity securities within the cemetery perpetual care trust in order to reduce the exposure and volatility of equity securities as well as provide an opportunity for additional income. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had outstanding covered calls with a market value of $119 and $131, respectively. Covered calls are included at market value in the balance sheet line “cemetery perpetual care trust investments.” For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company realized trust (losses) earnings of approximately ($98) and $5, respectively, related to the covered call program. These trust earnings and losses are accounted for in the same manner as other cemetery perpetual care trust earnings and losses and flow through cemetery revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings. Although the Company realized losses associated with the covered call program for the three months ended January 31, 2013, it continued to hold the underlying securities against which these covered calls were issued; these underlying securities appreciated in value by $365 for the three months ended January 31, 2013.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, investments held by the trusts are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy. The Company’s Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stocks and mutual funds.

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(5) Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts—(Continued)

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, then fair values are estimated by using quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics. These investments are primarily U. S. Government, agencies and municipalities, corporate bonds, convertible bonds and preferred stocks, all of which are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

The Company’s Level 3 investments include an investment in a partnership. The valuation of partnership investments requires significant management judgment due to the absence of quoted prices, inherent lack of liquidity and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair market value of the partnership investment was determined by using its most recent audited financial statements and assessing the market value of the underlying securities within the partnership.

In states where the Company withdraws and recognizes capital gains in its cemetery perpetual care trusts, if it realizes subsequent net capital losses (i.e., losses in excess of capital gains in the trust) and the fair market value of the trust assets is less than the aggregate amounts required to be contributed to the trust, some states may require the Company to make cash deposits to the trusts or may require the Company to stop withdrawing earnings until future earnings restore the initial corpus. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had a liability recorded for the estimated probable funding obligation to restore the net realized losses of $11,956 and $11,965, respectively. The Company recorded an additional $642 for the estimated probable funding obligation to restore the net realized losses in the cemetery perpetual care trust for the three months ended January 31, 2012. The Company had earnings of $9 and $475 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, within the trusts that it did not withdraw from the trusts in order to satisfy a portion of its estimated probable funding obligation. In those states where realized net capital gains have not been withdrawn, the Company believes it is reasonably possible but not probable that additional funding obligations may exist with an estimated amount of $2,110; no charge has been recorded for these amounts as of January 31, 2013.

Activity related to preneed cemetery perpetual care trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	60,455		$	27,979
Sales		68,413			28,132
Realized gains from sales of investments		2,971			2,320
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(1,224	)(1)		(1,203	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		2,982			2,651
Deposits		1,889			2,127
Withdrawals		2,844			2,369

⁽¹⁾  Includes $167 in losses from the sale of investments and $1,057 in the losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

During the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, cemetery revenues were $57,616 and $52,813, respectively, of which $2,235 and $2,059, respectively, were required to be placed into perpetual care trusts and were recorded as revenues and expenses.

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the cemetery perpetual care trust investments with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

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(5) Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts—(Continued)

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	$	14	$	(1	)	$	—	$	—		$	14	$	(1	)
Corporate bonds		6,385		(137	)		427		(10	)		6,812		(147	)
Preferred stocks		1,812		(84	)		5,353		(533	)		7,165		(617	)
Common stocks		10,627		(384	)		28,236		(14,787	)		38,863		(15,171	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		210		(6	)		1,269		(367	)		1,479		(373	)
Fixed income		21,169		(200	)		13,014		(956	)		34,183		(1,156	)
Commodity		1,369		(20	)		2,715		(479	)		4,084		(499	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,489		(20	)		—		—			2,489		(20	)
Total	$	44,075	$	(852	)	$	51,014	$	(17,132	)	$	95,089	$	(17,984	)

	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds	$	4,736	$	(80	)	$	276	$	(748	)	$	5,012	$	(828	)
Preferred stocks		4,076		(54	)		6,492		(2,015	)		10,568		(2,069	)
Common stocks		19,623		(704	)		32,424		(18,736	)		52,047		(19,440	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		3,405		(40	)		1,169		(481	)		4,574		(521	)
Fixed income		7,267		(12	)		14,517		(701	)		21,784		(713	)
Commodity		2,559		(234	)		1,539		(229	)		4,098		(463	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,106		(15	)		—		—			2,106		(15	)
Total	$	43,772	$	(1,139	)	$	56,417	$	(22,910	)	$	100,189	$	(24,049	)

The unrealized losses in the cemetery perpetual care trust portfolio are not considered to be other than temporary. For a discussion of the Company’s policies for determining whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired, see Note 2(k) to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Of the total unrealized losses at January 31, 2013, 84 percent, or $15,171, were generated by common stock. Most of the common stock investments are part of the S&P 500 Index. The Company generally expects its portfolio performance to improve if the performance of the overall financial market improves, but would also expect its performance to deteriorate if the overall financial market declines. The Company believes it has the intent and ability to hold these investments until they recover in value.

Cash flows from cemetery perpetual care contracts are presented as operating cash flows in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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(6) Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts’ Corpus

The components of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at January 31, 2013 are as follows:

	Deferred Receipts Held in Trust
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
Trust assets at market value	$	407,925		$	206,224		$	614,149
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(9,586	)		(6,226	)		(15,812	)
Pending deposits		2,244			1,353			3,597
Deferred receipts held in trust	$	400,583		$	201,351		$	601,934

The components of perpetual care trusts’ corpus in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at January 31, 2013 are as follows:

	Perpetual Care Trusts’  Corpus
Trust assets at market value	$	270,293
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(3,390	)
Pending deposits		289
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus	$	267,192

The components of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	Deferred Receipts Held in Trust
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
Trust assets at market value	$	397,875		$	197,544		$	595,419
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(7,870	)		(6,345	)		(14,215	)
Pending deposits		2,333			1,627			3,960
Deferred receipts held in trust	$	392,338		$	192,826		$	585,164

The components of perpetual care trusts’ corpus in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	Perpetual Care Trusts’  Corpus
Trust assets at market value	$	263,663
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(1,905	)
Pending deposits		125
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus	$	261,883

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(6) Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts’ Corpus—(Continued)

Investment and other income, net

The components of investment and other income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 are detailed below.

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Realized gains from sales of investments	$	11,944		$	2,867
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(5,634	)		(1,402	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		8,251			10,285
Trust expenses and income taxes		(3,056	)		(2,311	)
Net trust investment income		11,505			9,439
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		(7,685	)		(6,489	)
Reclassification to perpetual care trusts’ corpus		(3,820	)		(2,950	)
Total deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—			—
Investment and other income, net		124			46
Total investment and other income, net	$	124		$	46

(7) Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is a defendant in a variety of litigation matters that have arisen in the ordinary course of business, which are covered by insurance or otherwise not considered to be material. The Company carries insurance with coverages and coverage limits that it believes to be adequate.

Other Commitments and Contingencies

In those states where the Company has withdrawn realized net capital gains in the past from its cemetery perpetual care trusts, regulators may seek replenishment of subsequent realized net capital losses either by requiring a cash deposit to the trust or by prohibiting or restricting withdrawals of future earnings until they restore the initial corpus. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had $11,956 recorded as a liability for the estimated probable funding obligation. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had net unrealized losses of approximately $11,978 in the cemetery perpetual care trusts in these states that could be subject to a future funding obligation. Because some of these trusts currently have assets with a fair market value less than the aggregate amounts required to be contributed to the trust, any additional realized net capital losses in these trusts may result in an additional corresponding funding liability and increase in cemetery costs.

From time to time, contracts are presented to the Company relating to contracts sold prior to the time the Company acquired certain businesses for which the Company was previously unaware. In addition, from time to time, the Company has identified in its backlog certain contracts in which services or merchandise have previously been delivered but the revenue was not yet recognized. Using historical trends and statistical analyses, the Company has recorded an estimated net debit for these items of approximately $0.8 million and $0.3 million as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.

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(7) Commitments and Contingencies—(Continued)

The Company is required to maintain a bond ($23,456 as of January 31, 2013) to guarantee its obligations relating to funds the Company withdrew in fiscal year 2001 from its preneed funeral trusts in Florida. This amount would become senior secured debt if the Company was required to borrow funds under the senior secured revolving credit facility and return to the trusts the amounts it previously withdrew that relate to the remaining undelivered preneed contracts in lieu of this bond.

(8) Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data

	Earnings (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Data
Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
Earnings from continuing operations	$	15,534
Allocation of earnings to nonvested restricted stock		(169	)
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders	$	15,365			84,394	$	.18
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options assumed exercised					536
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised	$	15,365			84,930	$	.18
	Earnings (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Data
Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
Earnings from continuing operations	$	8,858
Allocation of earnings to nonvested restricted stock		(80	)
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders	$	8,778			87,037	$	.10
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options assumed exercised					312
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised	$	8,778			87,349	$	.10

During the three months ended January 31, 2013, options to purchase 266,815 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $8.24 to $8.47 per share were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the options were greater than the average market price of the common shares for that period. Additionally, weighted-average shares outstanding for the three months ended January 31, 2013 exclude the effect of approximately 709,103 options because such options were not dilutive. These options expire between December 6, 2014 and December 22, 2022.

Options to purchase 2,720,080 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $6.22 to $8.47 per share for the three months ended January 31, 2012 were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the options were greater than the average market price of the common shares for that period. Additionally, weighted average shares outstanding for the three months ended January 31, 2012 exclude the effect of approximately 17,000 options because such options were not dilutive.

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(8) Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data—(Continued)

For the three months ended January 31, 2013, all of the outstanding 94,500 market based stock options were dilutive as the respective market conditions had been previously achieved. For the three months ended January 31, 2012, all of the outstanding 214,500 market based stock options were dilutive as the respective market conditions had been previously achieved.

For the three months ended January 31, 2013, a maximum of 13,153,500 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock related to the senior convertible notes and a maximum of 10,637,882 shares of Class A common stock under the common stock warrants associated with the June 2007 senior convertible debt transaction were not dilutive, as the average prices of the Company’s stock for the three months ended January 31, 2013 were less than the conversion price of the senior convertible notes and the strike price of the warrants. For the three months ended January 31, 2012, a maximum of 13,153,500 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock related to the senior convertible notes and a maximum of 10,522,798 shares of Class A common stock under the associated common stock warrants were also not dilutive.

The Company includes Class A and Class B common stock in its diluted shares calculation. As of January 31, 2013, the Company’s Chairman, Frank B. Stewart, Jr., was the record holder of all of the Company’s shares of Class B common stock. The Company’s Class A and B common stock are substantially identical, except that holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share, and holders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share. Each share of Class B common stock is automatically converted into one share of Class A common stock upon transfer to persons other than certain affiliates of Frank B. Stewart, Jr.

(9) Segment Data

The Company has determined that management’s approach to operating the business indicates that there are three operating and reportable segments: a funeral segment, a cemetery segment and a corporate trust management segment. The Company does not aggregate its operating segments. Therefore, its operating and reportable segments are the same. The tables below present information about reported segments for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 for the Company’s continuing operations.

	Total Revenue
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January  31, 2012
Funeral	$	74,006	$	67,866
Cemetery(1)		55,104		50,521
Corporate Trust Management(2)		6,571		6,437
Total	$	135,681	$	124,824
	Total Gross Profit
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
Funeral	$	17,559	$	14,726
Cemetery(1)		8,691		4,625
Corporate Trust Management(2)		6,066		6,045
Total	$	32,316	$	25,396

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(9) Segment Data—(Continued)

⁽¹⁾  Perpetual care trust earnings are included in the revenues and gross profit of the cemetery segment and amounted to $4,242 and $2,994 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

⁽²⁾  Corporate trust management consists of trust management fees and funeral and cemetery merchandise and service trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Trust management fees are established by the Company at rates consistent with industry norms based on the fair market value of the assets managed and are paid by the trusts to the Company’s subsidiary, Investors Trust, Inc. The trust earnings represent the amount of distributable earnings as stipulated by the Company’s respective trust agreements that are generated by the trusts over the life of the preneed contracts and allocated to those products and services delivered during the relevant periods. Trust management fees included in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1,483 and $1,292, respectively, and funeral trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered included in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $2,576 and $2,853, respectively. Trust management fees included in cemetery revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1,757 and $1,504, respectively, and cemetery trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered included in cemetery revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $755 and $788, respectively.

A reconciliation of total segment gross profit to total earnings from continuing operations before income taxes for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Gross profit for reportable segments	$	32,316		$	25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(7,388	)		(6,692	)
Restructuring and other charges		(81	)		—
Net gain on dispositions		721			343
Other operating income, net		921			194
Interest expense		(5,916	)		(5,867	)
Investment and other income, net		124			46
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$	20,697		$	13,420

The table below presents total net preneed merchandise and services sales for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012.

	Total Net Preneed Merchandise and Service Sales(1)
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January  31, 2012
Funeral	$	21,098	$	22,751
Cemetery		10,792		11,807
Total	$	31,890	$	34,558

⁽¹⁾  Preneed sales amounts represent total preneed funeral trust and insurance sales and cemetery service and merchandise trust sales generated in the applicable period, net of cancellations. Preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and service sales are deferred until a future period and have no impact on current revenues.

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(10) Supplementary Information

The detail of certain income statement accounts is as follows for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012.

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012
Service revenue
Funeral	$	53,554	$	49,034
Cemetery		19,504		16,219
		73,058		65,253
Merchandise revenue
Funeral		22,541		21,093
Cemetery		34,971		33,230
		57,512		54,323
Other revenue
Funeral		1,970		1,884
Cemetery		3,141		3,364
		5,111		5,248
Total revenue	$	135,681	$	124,824
Service costs
Funeral	$	17,917	$	17,021
Cemetery		11,945		10,485
		29,862		27,506
Merchandise costs
Funeral		14,881		13,964
Cemetery		20,320		21,684
		35,201		35,648
Facility expenses
Funeral		23,866		22,369
Cemetery		14,436		13,905
		38,302		36,274
Total costs	$	103,365	$	99,428

Service revenue includes funeral service revenue, funeral trust earnings, insurance commission revenue, burial site openings and closings and perpetual care trust earnings. Merchandise revenue includes funeral merchandise revenue, flower sales, cemetery property sales revenue, cemetery merchandise delivery revenue and merchandise trust earnings. Other revenue consists of finance charge revenue and trust management fees. Service costs include the direct costs associated with service revenue and preneed selling costs associated with preneed service sales. Merchandise costs include the direct costs associated with merchandise revenue and preneed selling costs associated with preneed merchandise sales.

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(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes

The following tables present the condensed consolidating historical financial statements as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 and for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, for the direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of the Company that serve as guarantors of the Company’s 6.50 percent senior notes and its 3.125 percent and 3.375 percent senior convertible notes, and the financial results of the Company’s subsidiaries that do not serve as guarantors. Non-guarantor subsidiaries of the 6.50 percent senior notes and senior convertible notes include the Puerto Rican subsidiaries, Investors Trust, Inc. and certain immaterial domestic subsidiaries that are not 100 percent owned, or are prohibited by law from guaranteeing the 6.50 percent senior notes and senior convertible notes. The guarantor subsidiaries of the 6.50 percent senior notes and senior convertible notes are 100 percent-owned directly or indirectly by the Company. The guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several. In the condensed consolidating statements of earnings, corporate general and administrative expenses and interest expense of the parent are presented net of amounts charged to the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Earnings

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Funeral	$	—		$	72,512		$	5,553		$	—		$	78,065
Cemetery		—			51,878			5,738			—			57,616
		—			124,390			11,291			—			135,681
Costs and expenses:
Funeral		—			53,040			3,624			—			56,664
Cemetery		—			42,270			4,431			—			46,701
		—			95,310			8,055			—			103,365
Gross profit		—			29,080			3,236			—			32,316
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(7,388	)		—			—			—			(7,388	)
Restructuring and other charges		(81	)		—			—			—			(81	)
Net gain on dispositions		—			721			—			—			721
Other operating income, net		20			842			59			—			921
Operating earnings (loss)		(7,449	)		30,643			3,295			—			26,489
Interest expense		(2,888	)		(2,868	)		(160	)		—			(5,916	)
Investment and other income, net		108			13			3			—			124
Equity in subsidiaries		22,261			430			—			(22,691	)		—
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		12,032			28,218			3,138			(22,691	)		20,697
Income tax expense (benefit)		(3,445	)		7,523			1,085			—			5,163
Earnings from continuing operations		15,477			20,695			2,053			(22,691	)		15,534
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		—			(88	)		—			—			(88	)
Income tax benefit		—			(31	)		—			—			(31	)
Loss from discontinued operations		—			(57	)		—			—			(57	)
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	20,638		$	2,053		$	(22,691	)	$	15,477

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes—(Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Earnings

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Funeral	$	—		$	67,033		$	4,978		$	—		$	72,011
Cemetery		—			47,342			5,471			—			52,813
		—			114,375			10,449			—			124,824
Costs and expenses:
Funeral		—			49,995			3,359			—			53,354
Cemetery		—			41,754			4,320			—			46,074
		—			91,749			7,679			—			99,428
Gross profit		—			22,626			2,770			—			25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(6,692	)		—			—			—			(6,692	)
Net gain on dispositions		—			343			—			—			343
Other operating income, net		15			120			59			—			194
Operating earnings (loss)		(6,677	)		23,089			2,829			—			19,241
Interest expense		(1,530	)		(3,980	)		(357	)		—			(5,867	)
Investment and other income, net		46			—			—			—			46
Equity in subsidiaries		13,769			306			—			(14,075	)		—
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		5,608			19,415			2,472			(14,075	)		13,420
Income tax expense (benefit)		(2,937	)		6,778			721			—			4,562
Earnings from continuing operations		8,545			12,637			1,751			(14,075	)		8,858
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		—			(367	)		—			—			(367	)
Income tax benefit		—			(54	)		—			—			(54	)
Loss from discontinued operations		—			(313	)		—			—			(313	)
Net earnings	$	8,545		$	12,324		$	1,751		$	(14,075	)	$	8,545

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes—(Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	20,638	$	2,053		$	(22,691	)	$	15,477
Unrealized depreciation of investments, net of tax		(21	)		—		(4	)		4			(21	)
Comprehensive income	$	15,456		$	20,638	$	2,049		$	(22,687	)	$	15,456

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes—(Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Net earnings	$	8,545	$	12,324	$	1,751	$	(14,075	)	$	8,545
Unrealized appreciation of investments, net of tax		5		—		5		(5	)		5
Comprehensive income	$	8,550	$	12,324	$	1,756	$	(14,080	)	$	8,550

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes—(Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	January 31, 2013
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	59,386	$	2,827	$	1,143	$	—		$	63,356
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,250		—		—		—			6,250
Marketable securities		13,843		—		810		—			14,653
Receivables, net of allowances		2,636		44,882		6,818		—			54,336
Inventories		211		33,926		2,400		—			36,537
Prepaid expenses		2,136		6,442		1,523		—			10,101
Deferred income taxes, net		10,973		11,148		741		—			22,862
Intercompany receivables		1,744		—		—		(1,744	)		—
Total current assets		97,179		99,225		13,435		(1,744	)		208,095
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances		—		59,982		11,285		—			71,267
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		—		432,285		9,498		—			441,783
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		—		226,461		7,053		—			233,514
Goodwill		—		229,749		19,835		—			249,584
Cemetery property, at cost		—		365,274		35,325		—			400,599
Property and equipment, at cost		63,731		513,895		44,332		—			621,958
Less accumulated depreciation		51,946		256,162		20,915		—			329,023
Net property and equipment		11,785		257,733		23,417		—			292,935
Deferred income taxes, net		3,143		55,712		7,139		—			65,994
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		—		255,961		14,332		—			270,293
Other assets		7,920		4,111		1,015		—			13,046
Intercompany receivables		601,080		—		—		(601,080	)		—
Equity in subsidiaries		77,544		11,500		—		(89,044	)		—
Total assets	$	798,651	$	1,997,993	$	142,334	$	(691,868	)	$	2,247,110
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		15,677		66,908		3,572		—			86,157
Intercompany payables		—		—		1,744		(1,744	)		—
Total current liabilities		15,683		66,908		5,316		(1,744	)		86,163
Long-term debt, less current maturities		322,948		—		—		—			322,948
Deferred income taxes, net		—		3,621		580		—			4,201
Intercompany payables		—		593,812		7,268		(601,080	)		—
Deferred preneed funeral revenue		—		192,594		47,087		—			239,681
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue		—		234,432		29,082		—			263,514
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		—		593,625		8,309		—			601,934
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—		252,868		14,324		—			267,192
Other long-term liabilities		19,529		1,457		—		—			20,986
Total liabilities		358,160		1,939,317		111,966		(602,824	)		1,806,619
Common stock		85,352		102		376		(478	)		85,352
Other		355,118		58,574		29,987		(88,561	)		355,118
Accumulated other comprehensive income		21		—		5		(5	)		21
Total shareholders’ equity		440,491		58,676		30,368		(89,044	)		440,491
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	798,651	$	1,997,993	$	142,334	$	(691,868	)	$	2,247,110

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes—(Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	October 31, 2012
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	65,722	$	1,033	$	1,432	$	—		$	68,187
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,250		—		—		—			6,250
Marketable securities		10,046		—		468		—			10,514
Receivables, net of allowances		2,682		43,453		6,306		—			52,441
Inventories		193		33,929		2,373		—			36,495
Prepaid expenses		1,373		2,128		1,422		—			4,923
Deferred income taxes, net		16,701		13,154		816		—			30,671
Intercompany receivables		1,247		—		—		(1,247	)		—
Total current assets		104,214		93,697		12,817		(1,247	)		209,481
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances		—		61,025		11,595		—			72,620
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		—		422,753		9,669		—			432,422
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		—		218,018		7,030		—			225,048
Goodwill		—		229,749		19,835		—			249,584
Cemetery property, at cost		—		365,901		35,769		—			401,670
Property and equipment, at cost		63,328		506,957		44,623		—			614,908
Less accumulated depreciation		50,732		252,124		20,792		—			323,648
Net property and equipment		12,596		254,833		23,831		—			291,260
Deferred income taxes, net		2,967		52,379		6,779		—			62,125
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		—		249,608		14,055		—			263,663
Other assets		8,281		4,279		1,252		—			13,812
Intercompany receivables		601,223		—		—		(601,223	)		—
Equity in subsidiaries		55,287		11,070		—		(66,357	)		—
Total assets	$	784,568	$	1,963,312	$	142,632	$	(668,827	)	$	2,221,685
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		19,263		73,119		4,801		—			97,183
Intercompany payables		—		—		1,247		(1,247	)		—
Total current liabilities		19,269		73,119		6,048		(1,247	)		97,189
Long-term debt, less current maturities		321,887		—		—		—			321,887
Deferred income taxes, net		—		4,350		581		—			4,931
Intercompany payables		—		591,381		9,842		(601,223	)		—
Deferred preneed funeral revenue		—		193,860		46,555		—			240,415
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue		—		236,249		29,098		—			265,347
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		—		577,013		8,151		—			585,164
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—		247,845		14,038		—			261,883
Other long-term liabilities		19,091		1,457		—		—			20,548
Total liabilities		360,247		1,925,274		114,313		(602,470	)		1,797,364
Common stock		84,915		102		376		(478	)		84,915
Other		339,364		37,936		27,934		(65,870	)		339,364
Accumulated other comprehensive income		42		—		9		(9	)		42
Total shareholders’ equity		424,321		38,038		28,319		(66,357	)		424,321
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	784,568	$	1,963,312	$	142,632	$	(668,827	)	$	2,221,685

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes—(Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	2,866		$	6,901		$	2,129		$	—	$	11,896
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities		(3,848	)		—			(108	)		—		(3,956	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		—			778			—			—		778
Additions to property and equipment		(653	)		(8,364	)		(233	)		—		(9,250	)
Other		—			48			—			—		48
Net cash used in investing activities		(4,501	)		(7,538	)		(341	)		—		(12,380	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(1	)		—			—			—		(1	)
Intercompany receivables (payables)		(354	)		2,431			(2,077	)		—		—
Issuance of common stock		787			—			—			—		787
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(1,833	)		—			—			—		(1,833	)
Dividends		(3,374	)		—			—			—		(3,374	)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements		74			—			—			—		74
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(4,701	)		2,431			(2,077	)		—		(4,347	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(6,336	)		1,794			(289	)		—		(4,831	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		65,722			1,033			1,432			—		68,187
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	59,386		$	2,827		$	1,143		$	—	$	63,356

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	816		$	5,514		$	1,455		$	—	$	7,785
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities		—			—			250			—		250
Deposits of restricted funds		(1,756	)		—			—			—		(1,756	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		—			233			—			—		233
Additions to property and equipment		(451	)		(5,198	)		(875	)		—		(6,524	)
Other		—			23			—			—		23
Net cash used in investing activities		(2,207	)		(4,942	)		(625	)		—		(7,774	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(1	)		—			—			—		(1	)
Intercompany receivables (payables)		1,623			(1,319	)		(304	)		—		—
Debt refinancing costs		(34	)		—			—			—		(34	)
Issuance of common stock		117			—			—			—		117
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(7,847	)		—			—			—		(7,847	)
Dividends		(3,062	)		—			—			—		(3,062	)
Excess tax benefits from share based payment arrangements		23			—			—			—		23
Net cash used in financing activities		(9,181	)		(1,319	)		(304	)		—		(10,804	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(10,572	)		(747	)		526			—		(10,793	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		62,388			1,937			1,363			—		65,688
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	51,816		$	1,190		$	1,889		$	—	$	54,895

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(12) Dispositions

During the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded net gains on dispositions of $721 and $343, respectively, due to the sale of funeral homes.

In April 2012, the Company designated a business as held for sale, recorded impairment charges related to the business and classified its operations as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The loss from discontinued operations before income taxes for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 was $88 and $367, respectively.

(13) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:

	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance as of October 31, 2012	$	42
Unrealized depreciation of investments, net of deferred tax benefit of $12		(21	)
Reduction in net unrealized losses associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts		24,641
Reclassification of the net unrealized losses activity attributable to the deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts’ corpus		(24,641	)
Balance as of January 31, 2013	$	21

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(14) Restructuring and Other Charges

In April 2012, the Company announced an organizational restructuring as well as a separate workforce reduction. The organizational restructuring involved the integration of management of operations and sales and a complete restructuring of the Company’s sales force. The Company realigned its geographic regions and appointed one regional vice president who is responsible for funeral and cemetery operations and sales in each region. Formerly, the Company had different managers responsible for operations and sales. In addition, the Company engaged in an across-the-board redesign of its sales organization. The Company eliminated layers of sales management, redefined sales roles, and in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, completed the restructuring with the implementation of a new compensation program. Separately in April 2012, the Company reduced its workforce by approximately 60 employees, primarily in corporate support services. Total expenses related to the organizational restructuring and workforce reduction consist primarily of separation pay and termination benefits and other non-cash asset impairments associated with the sales restructuring. The Company recorded $3,291 in charges related to the restructuring and workforce reduction during the year ended October 31, 2012 and $81 during the three months ended January 31, 2013 These charges are in the “restructuring and other charges” line in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings. As of January 31, 2013, the Company does not expect to incur any material additional costs related to the restructuring. The following table summarizes the activity related to the restructuring liability for the three months ended January 31, 2013:

Restructuring liability as of October 31, 2012	$	206
Additional restructuring costs incurred		81
Cash payments		(287	)
Restructuring liability as of January 31, 2013	$	—

(15) Long-term Debt

	January 31, 2013		October 31, 2012
Long-term debt:
3.125% senior convertible notes due 2014, net of unamortized discount of $4,011 and $4,757 as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively	$	82,405	$	81,659
3.375% senior convertible notes due 2016, net of unamortized discount of $4,648 and $4,965 as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively		40,471		40,154
Senior secured revolving credit facility		—		—
6.50% senior notes due 2019		200,000		200,000
Other, principally seller financing of acquired operations or assumption upon acquisition, weighted average interest rate of 8.0% as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, partially secured by assets of subsidiaries, with maturities through 2022		78		80
Total long-term debt		322,954		321,893
Less current maturities		6		6
	$	322,948	$	321,887

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(15) Long-term Debt—(Continued)

Fair Value

As of January 31, 2013, the carrying values of the Company’s 3.125 percent senior convertible notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and 3.375 percent senior convertible notes due 2016 (the “2016 Notes”), including accrued interest, were $82,525 and $40,539, respectively, compared to fair values of $88,324 and $46,755, respectively. The aggregate principal amounts outstanding of the 2014 Notes and 2016 Notes as of January 31, 2013 were $86,416 and $45,119, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, the carrying value of the Company’s 6.50 percent senior notes due 2019, including accrued interest, was $203,792 compared to a fair value of $218,058. Fair values were determined using quoted market prices for those securities and are classified within Level 1 of the three-level valuation hierarchy.

(16) Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the three months ended January 31, 2013 was positively impacted by a $2,700 overall reduction in the capital loss tax valuation allowance associated with the positive performance of the Company’s trust portfolio during the quarter ended January 31, 2013. Realized capital losses in the trusts for which the Company is the grantor, in which insufficient offsetting capital gains are expected, can require the Company to record a valuation allowance against the related deferred tax asset (capital loss carryforward). Reductions in the valuation allowance result when the Company has realized or unrealized gains in the grantor trust or from other assets that are expected to be sold at a capital gain. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had a $200 valuation allowance remaining on the capital loss carryforward.

Income tax expense for the three months ended January 31, 2012 was impacted by a $600 overall reduction in the tax valuation allowance primarily due to the reduction of a portion of the valuation allowance related to capital losses associated with the positive performance of the Company’s trust portfolio during the three months ended January 31, 2012.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with our MD&A and Risk Factors contained in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”) and in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements included in this report and in our 2012 Form 10-K.

This report contains forward-looking statements that are generally identifiable through the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “project,” “will” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements rely on assumptions, estimates and predictions that could be inaccurate and that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Important factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements include those described in Risk Factors included in Item 1A. in our 2012 Form 10-K and in this report. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.

Overview

General

We are the second largest provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States and Puerto Rico. As of January 31, 2013, we owned and operated 216 funeral homes and 141 cemeteries in 24 states within the United States and Puerto Rico. We sell cemetery property and funeral, cremation and cemetery products and services both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. Our revenues in each period are derived primarily from at-need sales, preneed sales delivered out of our backlog during the period (including the accumulated trust earnings or build-up in the face value of insurance contracts related to these preneed deliveries), preneed cemetery property sales and other items such as perpetual care trust earnings, finance charges on installment sales contracts and trust management fees. We also earn commissions on the sale of insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts that will be funded by life insurance or annuity contracts issued by third-party insurers when we act as an agent on the sale. For a more detailed discussion of our accounting for preneed sales and trust and escrow account earnings, see MD&A included in Item 7 in our 2012 Form 10-K.

Financial Summary

During the three months ended January 31, 2013, we generated the highest quarterly net earnings and earnings per share in more than 10 years. We reported net earnings and earnings from continuing operations of $15.5 million, or $.18 per share, for the first quarter of 2013. We reported net earnings of $8.5 million and earnings from continuing operations of $8.8 million, or $.10 per share, for the first quarter of 2012.

We believe these strong results demonstrate the power of leverage in our business and the importance of effectively managing our costs. For the first quarter of 2013, we achieved an 8.7 percent increase in revenue, a 27.2 percent increase in gross profit and an 80 percent increase in earnings per share. Total revenue increased 8.7 percent to $135.7 million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $124.8 million for the same period of the prior year. Total gross profit increased 27.2 percent to $32.3 million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $25.4 million for the prior year period.

We generated $78.1 million in funeral revenue during the first quarter of 2013, a $6.1 million, or 8.5 percent, increase from the first quarter of 2012. This increase is primarily attributable to an 8.4 percent increase in same-store funeral services performed. While we believe deaths in our markets increased period-over-period, our increase in funeral services is particularly strong compared to industry-wide data and is the third consecutive quarter of increased funeral services. Our same-store funeral operations generated a 1.2 percent increase in average revenue per traditional funeral service and a 1.4 percent increase in average revenue per cremation service. Overall same-store average revenue per funeral service was consistent with the first quarter of 2012, primarily as a result of a decrease in funeral trust earnings.

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Cemetery revenue improved $4.8 million, or 9.1 percent, to $57.6 million for the quarter ended January 31, 2013. The improvement is primarily a result of a $4.3 million increase in revenue recognized for cemetery property sales for which the down payment required for revenue recognition was received in the first quarter of 2013. In addition, merchandise delivered and services performed improved by $1.8 million, revenue related to trust activities increased by $1.4 million and revenue recognized for cemetery property sales for which construction was completed increased $1.3 million. These improvements were partially offset by a $3.2 million, or 13.6 percent, decrease in cemetery property sales compared to the first quarter of 2012 and a $0.5 million decline in finance charges as a result of reduced interest rates in this low interest rate environment.

Our net preneed funeral sales decreased 7.3 percent during the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012. Preneed funeral sales are deferred until the underlying contracts are performed and have no impact on current revenue. For the first quarter of 2013, preneed cemetery property sales declined 13.6 percent compared to the same period of last year. As part of the integration of our operations and sales teams, we revised our structure and compensation packages, which affected cemetery property sales, as well as preneed funeral sales during the quarter. In addition, during the quarter we tightened our sales terms for cemetery property sales. We knew these changes would create challenges, particularly during the first quarter in light of declining consumer confidence, increases in payroll taxes and economic uncertainty. The decline in preneed production is isolated to six funeral homes and ten cemeteries. We firmly believe the current organization provides the foundation to improve our customer service and enhance sales production over time.

Cemetery gross profit increased $4.2 million, or 62.7 percent, to $10.9 million, and cemetery gross profit margin improved 620 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2012. Funeral gross profit increased $2.7 million, or 14.4 percent, to $21.4 million, and funeral gross profit margin improved 140 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2012. The increase in both cemetery and funeral gross profit is primarily due to the improvement in revenue, as previously noted.

During the first quarter of 2013, we repurchased 0.2 million shares of our Class A common stock for $1.8 million under our stock repurchase program. As of January 31, 2013, we had $14.6 million remaining under the $125.0 million program authorized by the Board of Directors.

The first quarter dividend historically declared in December and paid in January (both our first quarter) was declared in October 2012 (our fourth quarter) and paid in December 2012. We paid dividends of $.04 per share in the first quarter of 2013 compared to $.035 per share in the first quarter of 2012. The acceleration of the declaration and payment of the first quarter 2013 dividend resulted in no dividends being declared in the first quarter of 2013, although the dividend was paid in the first quarter of 2013.

Cash flow provided by operating activities for the first three months of 2013 was $11.9 million compared to $7.8 million for the same period of last year. The improvement in operating cash flow is primarily driven by the improvement in net earnings. In addition, we received $2.3 million in proceeds from the sale of undeveloped cemetery property during the first quarter of 2013. These increases were partially offset by a change in working capital during the first three months of 2013 partly driven by the timing of trust withdrawals and deposits.

We are planning to develop cremation gardens and other cremation projects in our cemeteries over the next few years. We have successfully completed 33 cremation projects, and we currently have 6 projects either under construction or expected to begin construction this fiscal year and approximately 24 additional projects currently under feasibility review. For the three months ended January 31, 2013, we have spent approximately $1.5 million in our cremation inventory development projects, compared to spending approximately $3 million during the first three months of fiscal year 2012. We are working to complete a number of these projects in fiscal year 2013 and expect to spend approximately $10 million to $15 million.

Supplemental Trust Portfolio Information

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, positive trends in the overall financial markets continued to benefit our preneed and perpetual care trusts. Specifically, our preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services trusts (“preneed trusts”) experienced a three month total return, including both realized and unrealized gains and losses, of 4.5 percent, and our cemetery perpetual care trusts experienced a total return, including both realized and unrealized gains and losses, of 3.8 percent. As of January 31, 2013, the fair market value of our preneed trusts and our cemetery perpetual care trusts was $881.8 million, an improvement of 3.0 percent, or $25.6 million, from October 31, 2012.

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As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the fair market value of the investments in our preneed trusts were $53.1 million and $68.5 million, respectively, lower than our cost basis. In our cemetery perpetual care trusts, as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the fair market value of the investments were $5.4 million and $14.6 million, respectively, lower than our cost basis.

The preneed contracts we manage are long-term in nature, and we believe that the trust investments will appreciate in value over the long-term. We continue to monitor our investment portfolio closely. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, we had $191.4 million and $187.1 million, respectively, in trust earnings, net of losses that have been realized and allocated to contracts that will be recognized in the future as the underlying contracts are performed.

As of February 28, 2013, the fair market value of our preneed trusts and our cemetery perpetual care trusts improved 0.4 percent, or approximately $3.9 million from January 31, 2013, which is consistent with the overall financial markets.

The sectors in which our trust investment portfolio is invested have not materially changed from that disclosed in our 2012 Form 10-K. The following table presents the material sectors in which our trust portfolio is invested and the percentage of each sector to the total trust portfolio as of January 31, 2013 (in millions):

	Preneed Trusts					Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts
Sector	Fair Market Value		Percentage of Portfolio			Fair Market Value		Percentage of Portfolio
Cash and mutual funds	$	265.0		43	%	$	133.4		49	%
Financial Services	$	69.8		11	%	$	41.1		15	%
Information Technology	$	59.2		10	%	$	14.5		5	%
Healthcare Services	$	46.9		8	%	$	17.9		7	%

Issuer specific investments in the financial services sector represent $69.8 million of the fair market value of our preneed trust portfolio as of January 31, 2013, of which 57 percent related to investments in preferred stock, 33 percent related to common stock and 10 percent related to fixed-income securities. Issuer specific investments in the financial services sector represented $41.1 million of the fair market value of our cemetery perpetual care trust portfolio as of January 31, 2013, of which 64 percent related to investments in preferred stock, 21 percent related to fixed-income securities and 15 percent related to common stock.

Issuer specific investments in the information technology sector represent $59.2 million of the fair market value of our preneed trust portfolio as of January 31, 2013, of which 98 percent related to investments in common stock and 2 percent related to fixed-income securities. Issuer specific investments in the information technology sector represent $14.5 million of the fair market value of our cemetery perpetual care trust portfolio as of January 31, 2013, of which 92 percent related to investments in common stock and 8 percent related to fixed-income securities.

Issuer specific investments in the healthcare services sector represented $46.9 million of the fair market value of our preneed trust portfolio as of January 31, 2013, of which 98 percent related to investments in common stock and 2 percent related to fixed-income securities. Issuer specific investments in the healthcare services sector represented $17.9 million of the fair market value of our cemetery perpetual care trust portfolio as of January 31, 2013, of which 90 percent related to investments in common stock and 10 percent related to fixed-income securities.

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The following table presents the material sectors in which our trust portfolio currently has unrealized losses and the percentage of each sector to the total unrealized losses as of January 31, 2013 (in millions):

	Preneed Trusts					Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts
Sector	Unrealized Losses		Percentage of Total Unrealized Losses			Unrealized Losses		Percentage of Total Unrealized Losses
Information Technology	$	25.0		34	%	$	6.4		36	%
Healthcare Services	$	4.0		5	%	$	1.2		6	%

Each quarter we perform a separate analysis to determine whether our preneed contracts are in a loss position and whether a charge to earnings to record a liability for any expected loss is required. No charge has ever been required. For additional information, see Note 2(m) to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. and “Overview of Critical Accounting Policies” in the 2012 Form 10-K.

In states where we withdraw and recognize capital gains in our cemetery perpetual care trusts, if we realize subsequent net capital losses (i.e., losses in excess of capital gains in the trust) and the fair market value of the trust assets are less than the aggregate amounts required to be contributed to the trust, some states may require us to make cash deposits to the trusts or may require us to stop withdrawing earnings until future earnings restore the initial corpus. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, we had a liability recorded for the estimated probable funding obligation to restore the net realized losses of $12.0 million. During the first quarter of 2012, we increased the estimated probable funding obligation to restore the net realized losses in the cemetery perpetual care trust by $0.6 million. The additional funding in fiscal year 2012 was primarily related to the bankruptcy of Eastman Kodak.

For additional information regarding our preneed trusts and our cemetery perpetual care trusts, including further information on the estimated probable funding obligation, see Notes 3, 4 and 5 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1. herein.

The following table presents our trust portfolio total returns including realized and unrealized gains and losses:

	Funeral and Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trusts(1)			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts(1)
For the three months ended January 31, 2013		4.5	%		3.8	%
For the last three years ended January 31, 2013		10.1	%		10.6	%
For the last five years ended January 31, 2013		4.1	%		5.7	%

⁽¹⁾  Periods less than a year represent actual returns. Periods of one year or more represent average annualized returns.

Critical Accounting Policies

The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require us to make estimates and assumptions (see Note 1(d) to the condensed consolidated financial statements). Our critical accounting policies are those that are both important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s most difficult, subjective and complex judgment. These critical accounting policies are discussed in MD&A in our 2012 Form 10-K. There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting policies since the filing of our 2012 Form 10-K.

Results of Operations

The following discussion segregates our financial results into our various segments, grouped by our funeral and cemetery operations. For a discussion of our segments, see Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

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Three Months Ended January 31, 2013 Compared to Three Months Ended January 31, 2012

Funeral Operations

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012		Increase
			(In millions)
Funeral Revenue:
Funeral Home Locations	$	74.0	$	67.9	$	6.1
Corporate Trust Management (1)		4.1		4.1		—
Total Funeral Revenue	$	78.1	$	72.0	$	6.1
Funeral Costs:
Funeral Home Locations	$	56.5	$	53.1	$	3.4
Corporate Trust Management (1)		.2		.2		—
Total Funeral Costs	$	56.7	$	53.3	$	3.4
Funeral Gross Profit:
Funeral Home Locations	$	17.5	$	14.8	$	2.7
Corporate Trust Management (1)		3.9		3.9		—
Total Funeral Gross Profit	$	21.4	$	18.7	$	2.7

Same-Store Analysis for the Three Months Ended January 31, 2013 and 2012

Change in Average Revenue Per Funeral Service	Change in Same-Store Funeral Services	Same-Store Cremation Rate
		2013	2012
—% (1)	8.4%	42.2%	43.3%

⁽¹⁾  Corporate trust management consists of the trust management fees and funeral merchandise and services trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Trust management fees are established by the Company at rates consistent with industry norms based on the fair market value of assets managed and are paid by the trusts to our subsidiary, Investors Trust, Inc. The trust earnings represent the amount of distributable earnings as stipulated by our respective trust agreements that are generated by the trusts over the life of the preneed contracts and allocated to those products and services delivered during the relevant periods. See Notes 3 and 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for information regarding the cost basis and market value of the trust assets and current performance of the trusts (i.e., current realized gains and losses, interest income and dividends). Trust management fees included in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Funeral trust earnings recognized in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $2.6 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

We generated $78.1 million in funeral revenue during the first quarter of 2013, a $6.1 million, or 8.5 percent, increase from the first quarter of 2012. This increase is primarily attributable to an 8.4 percent increase, or 1,176 events, in same-store funeral services performed. While we believe deaths in our markets increased period-over-period, our increase in funeral services is particularly strong compared to industry-wide data and is the third consecutive quarter of increased funeral services. Our same-store funeral operations generated a 1.2 percent increase in average revenue per traditional funeral service and a 1.4 percent increase in average revenue per cremation service. Overall same-store average revenue per funeral service was consistent with the first quarter of 2012, primarily due to a decrease in funeral trust earnings.

Funeral gross profit increased $2.7 million, or 14.4 percent, to $21.4 million for the first quarter of 2013 compared to $18.7 million for the same period of 2012. Funeral gross profit margin improved 140 basis points to 27.4 percent for the first quarter of 2013 from 26.0 percent for the first quarter of 2012. The increase is primarily due to the $6.1 million improvement in revenue, as previously noted.

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Cemetery Operations

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012		Increase
			(In millions)
Cemetery Revenue:
Cemetery Locations	$	55.1	$	50.5	$	4.6
Corporate Trust Management (1)		2.5		2.3		.2
Total Cemetery Revenue	$	57.6	$	52.8	$	4.8
Cemetery Costs:
Cemetery Locations	$	46.4	$	45.9	$	.5
Corporate Trust Management (1)		.3		.2		.1
Total Cemetery Costs	$	46.7	$	46.1	$	.6
Cemetery Gross Profit:
Cemetery Locations	$	8.7	$	4.6	$	4.1
Corporate Trust Management (1)		2.2		2.1		.1
Total Cemetery Gross Profit	$	10.9	$	6.7	$	4.2

⁽¹⁾  Corporate trust management consists of trust management fees and cemetery merchandise and services trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Trust management fees are established by the Company at rates consistent with industry norms based on the fair market value of assets managed and are paid by the trusts to our subsidiary, Investors Trust, Inc. The trust earnings represent the amount of distributable earnings as stipulated by our respective trust agreements that are generated by the trusts over the life of the preneed contracts and allocated to those products and services delivered during the relevant periods. See Notes 4 and 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for information regarding the cost basis and market value of the trust assets and current performance of the trusts (i.e., current realized gains and losses, interest income and dividends). Trust management fees included in cemetery revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1.7 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and cemetery trust earnings included in cemetery revenue for both the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $0.8 million. Perpetual care trust earnings were $4.2 million and $3.0 million for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and are included in the revenues and gross profit of the cemetery segment. See Notes 5 and 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for information regarding the cemetery perpetual care trusts.

Cemetery revenue increased $4.8 million, or 9.1 percent, to $57.6 million for the first quarter of 2013. The improvement is primarily a result of a $4.3 million increase in revenue recognized for cemetery property sales for which the down payment required for revenue recognition was received in the first quarter of 2013. In addition, merchandise delivered and services performed improved by $1.8 million, revenue related to trust activities increased by $1.4 million and revenue recognized for cemetery property sales for which construction was completed increased by $1.3 million. These improvements were partially offset by a $0.5 million decline in finance charges as a result of reduced interest rates in this low interest rate environment. Our cemetery property sales declined $3.2 million, or 13.6 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2012. As part of the integration of our operations and sales teams, we revised our structure and compensation packages, which affected cemetery property sales. In addition, during the quarter we tightened our sales terms for cemetery property sales. We knew these changes would create challenges, particularly during the first quarter in light of declining consumer confidence, increases in payroll taxes and economic uncertainty. The decline in preneed production is isolated to ten cemeteries. We firmly believe the current organization provides the foundation to improve our customer service and enhance sales production over time.

Cemetery gross profit increased $4.2 million, or 62.7 percent, to $10.9 million for the first quarter of 2013. Cemetery gross profit margin improved 620 basis points to 18.9 percent for the first quarter of 2013 from 12.7 percent for the same period of 2012. The improvement is primarily due to the increase in cemetery revenue, as previously noted.

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Other

Corporate general and administrative expenses increased $0.7 million to $7.4 million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $6.7 million for the same period of 2012. Due to the strong operating results for the first quarter of 2013, we increased our accrual for annual incentive compensation during the period.

Other operating income, net increased $0.7 million to $0.9 million, primarily due to the sale of undeveloped cemetery property during the first quarter of 2013.

The effective tax rate for continuing operations for the quarter ended January 31, 2013 was 24.9 percent compared to 34.0 percent for the same period in 2012. For the first quarter of 2013, we benefitted from a $2.7 million reduction in the valuation allowance for capital losses, associated with the positive performance of our trust portfolio. For additional information, see Note 16 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1. herein.

During the first quarter of 2013, we repurchased 0.2 million shares of our Class A common stock for $1.8 million under our stock repurchase program. As of January 31, 2013, we had $14.6 million remaining under our $125.0 million program.

Cash and cash equivalents decreased $4.8 million from October 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013 primarily due to purchases of marketable securities in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013. Prepaid expenses increased $5.2 million from October 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013 primarily due to annual premiums paid in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 for property, general liability and other insurance. Current deferred income taxes decreased $7.8 million from October 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013 primarily due to a decrease in the current portion of the net operating loss. Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments, preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments, cemetery perpetual care trust investments, deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts’ corpus were all positively impacted by the improvement in the market value of our trust assets during the three months ended January 31, 2013. For additional information, see Notes 3, 4 and 5 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

Accrued payroll decreased $5.9 million from October 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013 primarily due to fiscal year 2012 incentive compensation paid in the first quarter of 2013 and due to the timing of the payroll period at quarter end. Other current liabilities decreased $6.1 million from October 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013 primarily due to a decrease in dividends payable and the timing of our property taxes, which are typically paid at the end of the calendar year.

Preneed Sales into the Backlog

Net preneed funeral sales decreased 7.3 percent during the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012. Preneed funeral sales are deferred until the underlying contracts are performed and have no impact on current revenue.

The revenues from our preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and service sales are deferred into our backlog and are not included in our operating results presented above. We had $31.9 million in net preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services sales (including $17.2 million related to insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts) during the first quarter of 2013 to be recognized in the future as these prepaid products and services are actually delivered, compared to net preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services sales of $34.6 million (including $17.1 million related to insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts) for the corresponding period in 2012. Insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts, which will be funded by life insurance or annuity contracts issued by third-party insurers, are not reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

We generate cash in our operations primarily from at-need sales, preneed sales that turn at-need, funds we are able to withdraw from our trusts and escrow accounts when preneed sales turn at-need, monies collected on preneed sales that are not required to be placed in trust and items such as cemetery perpetual care trust earnings and finance charges. Over the last five years, we have generated more than $60 million each year in cash flow from operations. We have historically satisfied our working capital requirements with cash flows from operations. We believe that our current level of cash on hand, projected cash flows from operations and available capacity under our $150.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet our cash requirements for the foreseeable future.

As of January 31, 2013, we had no amounts drawn on the $150.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which matures in 2016, and our availability under the facility, after giving consideration to $0.8 million outstanding letters of credit and the $23.5 million Florida bond, was $125.7 million. In addition, we also have outstanding $131.5 million principal amount in senior convertible notes as of January 31, 2013, of which $86.4 million is scheduled to mature in 2014 and $45.1 million is scheduled to mature in 2016. We have outstanding $200.0 million principal amount in senior notes set to mature in 2019. See the table “Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments” for further information on our long-term debt obligations.

Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, we increased our quarterly cash dividend on our Class A and B common stock from three and one-half cents per share to four cents per share resulting in a 14 percent increase in our annual dividend rate to $.16 per share. Dividends paid amounted to $3.4 million for the three months ended January 31, 2013 compared to $3.1 million during the same period in fiscal year 2012. The first quarter 2013 dividend was declared in October 2012 (in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012) and was paid in December 2012 (in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013). The declaration and payment of future dividends are discretionary and will be subject to determination by the Board of Directors each quarter after its review of our financial performance. In June 2011 and September 2011, we increased our stock repurchase program by $25.0 million resulting in a $125.0 million program. Under the program, we purchased 0.2 million shares of our Class A common stock for approximately $1.8 million during the three months ended January 31, 2013 and have $14.6 million remaining available under the program. Repurchases under the program are limited to our Class A common stock, and are made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at such times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate, depending upon market conditions and other factors.

We plan to continue to evaluate our options for deployment of cash flow as opportunities arise. We believe that the use of our cash to make acquisitions of death care businesses, pay dividends, repurchase debt and stock, invest in our strategic initiatives and construct funeral homes on cemeteries of unaffiliated third parties or on our own strategic locations are all attractive options. We are continuing to invest in further improving our business processes and continue to look at ways to improve our organization and cost structure.

In fiscal year 2010, we began a program of developing cremation gardens and other cremation projects in our cemeteries. We have successfully completed 33 cremation projects, and we currently have 6 projects either under construction or expected to begin construction this fiscal year and approximately 24 additional projects under feasibility review. We are working to complete a number of these projects in fiscal year 2013 and expect to spend approximately $10 million to $15 million. During the three months ended January 31, 2013, we spent approximately $1.5 million to develop our cremation inventory projects.

We believe that growing our organization through acquisitions remains a good business strategy, as it will enable us to enjoy the important synergies and economies of scale from our existing infrastructure. We regularly review acquisition and other strategic opportunities, which may require us to draw on our senior secured revolving credit facility or pursue additional debt or equity financing.

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We are continuing to review all of our tax accounting methods to determine opportunities to further improve our current tax position. Several possible changes are being considered that could result in potential reductions in future tax payments. At this time, we cannot predict with certainty what, if any, reductions in future tax payments we will obtain. However, we currently do not expect that these potential reductions in future tax payments, if obtained, will be as substantial as those obtained in fiscal years 2009 through 2012, which resulted in a combination of refunds and reductions of federal income tax payments totaling in excess of $100 million. Based on the currently approved changes, we expect to have federal net operating losses available in fiscal year 2013 to offset a portion of federal income taxes. For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, we expect our federal cash tax payments to be approximately $5 million to $10 million above fiscal year 2012 amounts.

Cash Flow

Cash flow provided by operating activities for the first three months of fiscal year 2013 was $11.9 million compared to $7.8 million for the same period of last year. The improvement in operating cash flow is primarily driven by an improvement in net earnings. In addition, we received $2.3 million in proceeds from the sale of undeveloped cemetery property during the first quarter of 2013. These increases were partially offset by a change in working capital during the first three months of 2013 partly driven by the timing of trust withdrawals and deposits.

Our investing activities resulted in a net cash outflow of $12.4 million for the three months ended January 31, 2013, compared to a net cash outflow of $7.8 million for the comparable period in 2012. The change is primarily due to increased purchases of marketable securities and increased capital spending during the first quarter of fiscal year 2013. For the three months ended January 31, 2013, capital expenditures amounted to $9.2 million, which included $5.1 million for maintenance capital expenditures, $2.8 million for the purchase of land and a building for an existing business that we previously leased, $1.2 million for the construction of new funeral homes and $0.1 million related to the implementation of new business systems. For the three months ended January 31, 2012, capital expenditures were $6.5 million, which included $4.0 million for maintenance capital expenditures, $0.6 million for the construction of new funeral homes, $0.4 million related to the implementation of new business systems and $1.5 million for the purchase of land and a new building for an existing business.

Our financing activities resulted in a net cash outflow of $4.3 million for the three months ended January 31, 2013, compared to a net cash outflow of $10.8 million for the comparable period in 2012. Stock repurchases during the three months ended January 31, 2013 amounted to $1.8 million compared to $7.8 million in the same period of 2012. Dividends paid increased from $3.1 million in the first three months of fiscal year 2012 to $3.4 million in the first three months of fiscal year 2013. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, we increased our quarterly cash dividend from three and one-half cents per share to four cents per share.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

We have contractual obligations requiring future cash payments under existing contractual arrangements. The following table details our known future cash payments (in millions) related to various contractual obligations as of January 31, 2013:

	Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 – 3 years		3 – 5 years		More than 5 years
Long-term debt obligations (1)	$	331.6	$	—	$	86.4	$	45.1	$	200.1
Interest on long-term debt (2)		94.0		17.2		30.4		26.8		19.6
Operating and capital lease obligations (3)		34.1		4.4		9.2		6.5		14.0
Non-competition and other agreements (4)		1.4		.4		.5		.4		.1
Purchase obligation (5)		1.2		1.2		—		—		—
Total	$	462.3	$	23.2	$	126.5	$	78.8	$	233.8

⁽¹⁾  As of January 31, 2013, our outstanding long-term debt obligations amounted to $331.6 million, consisting of $86.4 million of 3.125 percent senior convertible notes due 2014, $45.1 million of 3.375 percent senior convertible notes due 2016, $200.0 million of 6.50 percent senior notes due 2019 and $0.1 million of other debt. There were no amounts drawn on the senior secured revolving credit facility.

⁽²⁾  Includes contractual interest payments for our senior convertible notes, senior notes and third-party debt.

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⁽³⁾  Our noncancellable operating leases are primarily for land and buildings and expire over the next one to 10 years, except for eight leases that expire between 2032 and 2039. This category also includes leases under our vehicle fleet leasing program. Our future minimum lease payments as of January 31, 2013 are $4.4 million, $5.0 million, $4.2 million, $3.5 million, $3.0 million and $14.0 million for the years ending October 31, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and later years, respectively.

⁽⁴⁾  This category includes payments pursuant to non-competition agreements with prior owners and key employees of acquired businesses.

⁽⁵⁾  This category represents a construction contract for a funeral home currently under construction.

The following table details our known potential or possible future cash payments related to the contingent obligations specified below (in millions) as of January 31, 2013.

	Expiration by Period
Contingent Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 – 3 years		3 – 5 years		More than 5 years
Cemetery perpetual care trust funding obligations (1)	$	12.0	$	12.0	$	—	$	—	$	—
Long-term obligations related to uncertain tax positions (2)		1.5		—		—		—		1.5
	$	13.5	$	12.0	$	—	$	—	$	1.5

⁽¹⁾  In those states where we have withdrawn realized net capital gains in the past from our cemetery perpetual care trusts, regulators may seek replenishment of the subsequent realized net capital losses either by requiring a cash deposit to the trust or by prohibiting or restricting withdrawals of future earnings until they cover the loss. The estimated probable funding obligation in the cemetery perpetual care trusts in these states was $12.0 million as of January 31, 2013. As of January 31, 2013, we had net unrealized losses of $12.0 million in the trusts in these states that could be subject to a future funding obligation. Because some of these trusts currently have assets with a fair market value less than the aggregate amounts required to be contributed to the trust, any additional realized net capital losses in these trusts may result in a corresponding funding liability and increase in cemetery costs. In those states where realized net capital gains have not been withdrawn, we believe it is reasonably possible but not probable that additional funding obligations may exist with an estimated amount of approximately $2.1 million; no charge has been recorded for these amounts as of January 31, 2013.

⁽²⁾  In accordance with the required accounting guidance on uncertain tax positions, as of January 31, 2013, we have recorded $1.5 million of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest and penalties. Due to the uncertainty regarding the timing and completion of audits and possible outcomes, it is not possible to estimate the range of increase and decrease and the timing of any potential cash payments.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Our off-balance sheet arrangements as of January 31, 2013 consist of the following items:

(1) the $23.5 million bond we are required to maintain to guarantee our obligations relating to funds we withdrew in fiscal year 2001 from our preneed funeral trusts in Florida, which is discussed above and in Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements in our 2012 Form 10-K; and

(2) the insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts, which will be funded by life insurance or annuity contracts issued by third-party insurers, are not reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, and are discussed in Note 2(i) to the consolidated financial statements in our 2012 Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Standards

See Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Quantitative and qualitative disclosure about market risk is presented in Item 7A. in our 2012 Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 17, 2012. There have been no material changes in the Company’s market risk from that disclosed in our 2012 Form 10-K. For a discussion of fair market value as of January 31, 2013 of investments in our trusts, see Notes 3, 4 and 5 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Disclosure Committee and management, including the CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b). Based upon this evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended January 31, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We and certain of our subsidiaries are parties to a number of legal proceedings that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of these proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not expect these matters to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

We carry insurance with coverages and coverage limits that we believe to be adequate. Although there can be no assurance that such insurance is sufficient to protect us against all contingencies, we believe that our insurance protection is reasonable in view of the nature and scope of our operations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2012 Form 10-K.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period	Total number of shares purchased		Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly- announced plans or programs		Maximum approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs(1)
November 1, 2012 through November 30, 2012		150,686	$	7.42		150,686	$	15,327,158
December 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012		94,432	$	7.50		94,432	$	14,619,197
January 1, 2013 through January 31, 2013		—	$	—		—	$	14,619,197
Total		245,118	$	7.45		245,118	$	14,619,197

⁽¹⁾  We announced a $25.0 million stock repurchase program in September 2007, which was increased by $25.0 million in December 2007, June 2008, June 2011 and September 2011, resulting in a $125.0 million program. As of January 31, 2013, we had repurchased 16.2 million shares for $110.4 million at an average price of $6.83 per share since the inception of the program in 2007 and have $14.6 million remaining available under the program.

Item 6. Exhibits

3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated as of April 3, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2008)

3.2 By-laws of the Company, as amended and restated as of December 13, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2012)

4.1 See Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 for provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and By-laws, as amended, defining the rights of holders of Class A and Class B common stock

4.2 Specimen of Class A common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on June 21, 2007, File No. 001-15449)

4.3 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 20, 2011 by and among the Company, Empresas Stewart-Cementerios and Empresas Stewart-Funerarias, as Borrowers, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and The Other Lenders party hereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 21, 2011)

4.4 Indenture dated as of April 18, 2011 by and among Stewart Enterprises, Inc., the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, with respect to the 6.50 percent Senior Notes due 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 19, 2011)

4.5 Form of 6.50 percent Senior Note due 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 19, 2011)

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4.6 Indenture dated June 27, 2007 by and among Stewart Enterprises, Inc., the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, with respect to 3.125 percent Senior Convertible Notes due 2014 (including Form of 3.125 percent Senior Convertible Notes due 2014) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2007)

4.7 Indenture dated June 27, 2007 by and among Stewart Enterprises, Inc., the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, with respect to 3.375 percent Senior Convertible Notes due 2016 (including Form of 3.375 percent Senior Convertible Notes due 2016) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2007, File No. 001-15449)

31.1 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of Thomas M. Kitchen, President and Chief Executive Officer

31.2 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of Lewis J. Derbes, Jr., Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

32.1 Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of Thomas M. Kitchen, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Lewis J. Derbes, Jr., Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

101 The following materials from Stewart Enterprises, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2013 formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
March 11, 2013	/s/ Lewis J. Derbes, Jr.
	Lewis J. Derbes, Jr.
	Senior Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
March 11, 2013	/s/ Angela M. Lacour
	Angela M. Lacour
	Senior Vice President of Finance
	and Chief Accounting Officer

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Exhibit Index

31.1 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of Thomas M. Kitchen, President and Chief Executive Officer

31.2 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of Lewis J. Derbes, Jr., Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

32.1 Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of Thomas M. Kitchen, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Lewis J. Derbes, Jr., Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

101 The following materials from Stewart Enterprises, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2013 formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Thomas M. Kitchen, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Stewart Enterprises, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 11, 2013

/s/ Thomas M. Kitchen

Thomas M. Kitchen

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Lewis J. Derbes, Jr., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Stewart Enterprises, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 11, 2013

/s/ Lewis J. Derbes, Jr.

Lewis J. Derbes, Jr.

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended January 31, 2013, pursuant to Section 906 of the

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

The undersigned Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that:

• the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2013 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

• the information contained in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Stewart Enterprises, Inc.

This certification is being furnished solely to comply with the requirements of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not being filed as a part of the Form 10-Q.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Stewart Enterprises, Inc. and will be retained by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Dated: March 11, 2013

/s/ Thomas M. Kitchen

Thomas M. Kitchen

President and

Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Lewis J. Derbes, Jr.

Lewis J. Derbes, Jr.

Senior Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013
Stock Options [Member]
Stock options and restricted stock granted to employees
Number of stock options granted	1,256,500
Weighted average price per share	$ 7.36
Vesting period	4 years
Vesting condition of stock options granted	Service condition
Restricted Stock [Member]
Stock options and restricted stock granted to employees
Vesting period	3 years
Share based compensation-shares granted in period	516,500
Weighted average price per share, Restricted Stock	$ 7.36
Vesting Condition of Restricted Shares Granted	Market condition

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Details 2) (Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013
Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member]
Investments classified by contractual Maturity Date
Due in one year or less	$ 235
Due in one to five years	2,024
Due in five to ten years	1,095
Thereafter	334
Total	$ 3,688

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Details 3) (Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member], Preneed Funeral Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Preneed Funeral Activities [Member]
Fair Value Assets Measured on Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation
Fair market value, beginning balance	$ 5,540	$ 5,868
Distributions and other, net	54	(104)
Fair market value, ending balance	$ 5,594	$ 5,764

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Segment Data (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Reconciliation of total segment gross profit to total earnings before income taxes
Gross profit for reportable segments	$ 32,316	$ 25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses	(7,388)	(6,692)
Restructuring and other charges	(81)		(3,291)
Net gain loss on dispositions	721	343
Other operating income, net	921	194
Interest expense	(5,916)	(5,867)
Investment and other income, net	124	46
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$ 20,697	$ 13,420

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Investment Related Activities
Realized gains from sales of investments	$ 11,944	$ 2,867
Realized losses from sales of investments and other	(5,634)	(1,402)
Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member]
Investment Related Activities
Purchases	33,785	3,283
Sales	38,103	1,959
Realized gains from sales of investments	2,533	220
Realized losses from sales of investments and other	(1,238)	(84)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income	1,982	2,696
Deposits	4,459	4,332
Withdrawals	$ 4,856	$ 4,454

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Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of direct or indirect ownership of guarantors by the entity	100.00%
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | 6.50% senior notes [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Textual) [Abstract]
Stated percentage interest rate	6.50%
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | 3.125% senior convertible notes [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Textual) [Abstract]
Stated percentage interest rate	3.125%
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | 3.375% senior convertible notes [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Textual) [Abstract]
Stated percentage interest rate	3.375%
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | 6.50% senior notes [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Textual) [Abstract]
Stated percentage interest rate	6.50%
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | 3.125% senior convertible notes [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Textual) [Abstract]
Stated percentage interest rate	3.125%
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | 3.375% senior convertible notes [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Textual) [Abstract]
Stated percentage interest rate	3.375%

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Details 1) (Preneed Funeral Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 433,960	$ 432,443
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	13,931	12,367
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(41,126)	(48,219)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	406,765	396,591
Market value as a percentage of cost	93.70%	91.70%
Accrued investment income	1,160	1,284
Trust assets	407,925	397,875
Cash, money market and other short- term investments [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	40,580	24,501
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	40,580	24,501
Long-term certificate of deposit investments [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	6,326	6,775
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	6,326	6,775
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	1,657	1,657
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	73	79
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	1,730	1,736
Corporate bonds [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	15,107	18,946
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,428	1,580
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(37)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	16,498	20,526
Preferred stocks [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	33,314	34,939
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,111	1,099
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(540)	(688)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	33,885	35,350
Common stocks [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	206,520	196,745
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	8,293	4,598
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(36,301)	(42,568)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	178,512	158,775
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	13,751	18,471
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,094	1,007
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,131)	(1,494)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	13,714	17,984
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	95,221	96,021
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,333	3,271
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,083)	(570)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	95,471	98,722
Mutual funds [Member] | Commodity [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	9,012	13,412
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(2,011)	(2,864)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	7,001	10,548
Mutual funds [Member] | Real estate investment trusts [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	5,013	8,737
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	332	564
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(23)	(9)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	5,322	9,292
Mutual funds [Member] | Master limited partnerships [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	2,049	6,867
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	83	1
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(26)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	2,132	6,842
Insurance contracts and other [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 3 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	5,410	5,372
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	184	168
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	$ 5,594	$ 5,540

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Segment Data (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Segment Data [Abstract]

Reported segments

The tables below present information about reported segments for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 for the Company’s continuing operations.

	Total Revenue
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January  31, 2012
Funeral	$	74,006	$	67,866
Cemetery (1)		55,104		50,521
Corporate Trust Management (2)		6,571		6,437
Total	$	135,681	$	124,824
	Total Gross Profit
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
Funeral	$	17,559	$	14,726
Cemetery (1)		8,691		4,625
Corporate Trust Management (2)		6,066		6,045
Total	$	32,316	$	25,396

⁽¹⁾  Perpetual care trust earnings are included in the revenues and gross profit of the cemetery segment and amounted to $4,242 and $2,994 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

⁽²⁾  Corporate trust management consists of trust management fees and funeral and cemetery merchandise and service trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Trust management fees are established by the Company at rates consistent with industry norms based on the fair market value of the assets managed and are paid by the trusts to the Company’s subsidiary, Investors Trust, Inc. The trust earnings represent the amount of distributable earnings as stipulated by the Company’s respective trust agreements that are generated by the trusts over the life of the preneed contracts and allocated to those products and services delivered during the relevant periods. Trust management fees included in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1,483 and $1,292, respectively, and funeral trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered included in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $2,576 and $2,853, respectively. Trust management fees included in cemetery revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1,757 and $1,504, respectively, and cemetery trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered included in cemetery revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $755 and $788, respectively.

Reconciliation of total segment gross profit to total earnings before income taxes

A reconciliation of total segment gross profit to total earnings from continuing operations before income taxes for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Gross profit for reportable segments	$	32,316		$	25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(7,388	)		(6,692	)
Restructuring and other charges		(81	)		—
Net gain on dispositions		721			343
Other operating income, net		921			194
Interest expense		(5,916	)		(5,867	)
Investment and other income, net		124			46
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$	20,697		$	13,420

Net preneed merchandise and service sales

The table below presents total net preneed merchandise and services sales for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012.

	Total Net Preneed Merchandise and Service Sales(1)
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January  31, 2012
Funeral	$	21,098	$	22,751
Cemetery		10,792		11,807
Total	$	31,890	$	34,558

⁽¹⁾  Preneed sales amounts represent total preneed funeral trust and insurance sales and cemetery service and merchandise trust sales generated in the applicable period, net of cancellations. Preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and service sales are deferred until a future period and have no impact on current revenues.

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Dispositions (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Dispositions (Textual) [Abstract]
Net gain (losses) on disposition	$ 721	$ 343
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	$ (88)	$ (367)

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Supplementary Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Supplementary details of income statement accounts
Service revenue	$ 73,058	$ 65,253
Merchandise revenue	57,512	54,323
Other revenue	5,111	5,248
Total Revenue	135,681	124,824
Service costs	29,862	27,506
Merchandise costs	35,201	35,648
Facility expenses	38,302	36,274
Total costs and expenses	103,365	99,428
Funeral [Member]
Supplementary details of income statement accounts
Service revenue	53,554	49,034
Merchandise revenue	22,541	21,093
Other revenue	1,970	1,884
Total Revenue	74,006	67,866
Service costs	17,917	17,021
Merchandise costs	14,881	13,964
Facility expenses	23,866	22,369
Cemetery [Member]
Supplementary details of income statement accounts
Service revenue	19,504	16,219
Merchandise revenue	34,971	33,230
Other revenue	3,141	3,364
Total Revenue	55,104	50,521
Service costs	11,945	10,485
Merchandise costs	20,320	21,684
Facility expenses	$ 14,436	$ 13,905

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Details Textual) (Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member]
Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Textual) [Abstract]
Outstanding covered calls with market value	$ 156		$ 171
Available for Sale Securities Gross Realized Gain Loss Excluding Other Than Temporary Impairments	(150)	5
Appreciation of securities underlying call options	378
Unrealized Losses of Investments Comprising Majority of Total Unrealized Losses	29,005
Unrealized Losses, In Percentage	91.00%
Losses from the sale of investments	250
Other than temporary investment losses	$ 988

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Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 63,356	$ 68,187	$ 54,895	$ 65,688
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	6,250	6,250
Marketable securities	14,653	10,514
Receivables, net of allowances	54,336	52,441
Inventories	36,537	36,495
Prepaid expenses	10,101	4,923
Deferred income taxes, net	22,862	30,671
Total current assets	208,095	209,481
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances	71,267	72,620
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	441,783	432,422
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	233,514	225,048
Goodwill	249,584	249,584
Cemetery property, at cost	400,599	401,670
Property and equipment, at cost	621,958	614,908
Less accumulated depreciation	329,023	323,648
Net property and equipment	292,935	291,260
Deferred income taxes, net	65,994	62,125
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	270,293	263,663
Other assets	13,046	13,812
Total assets	2,247,110	2,221,685
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	6	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	86,157	97,183
Total current liabilities	86,163	97,189
Long-term debt, less current maturities	322,948	321,887
Deferred income taxes, net	4,201	4,931
Deferred preneed funeral revenue	239,681	240,415
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue	263,514	265,347
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	601,934	585,164
Perpetual care trusts' corpus	267,192	261,883
Other long-term liabilities	20,986	20,548
Total liabilities	1,806,619	1,797,364
Common stock	85,352	84,915
Other	355,118	339,364
Accumulated other comprehensive income	21	42
Total shareholders' equity	440,491	424,321
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	2,247,110	2,221,685
Parent [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	59,386	65,722	51,816	62,388
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	6,250	6,250
Marketable securities	13,843	10,046
Receivables, net of allowances	2,636	2,682
Inventories	211	193
Prepaid expenses	2,136	1,373
Deferred income taxes, net	10,973	16,701
Intercompany receivables	1,744	1,247
Total current assets	97,179	104,214
Property and equipment, at cost	63,731	63,328
Less accumulated depreciation	51,946	50,732
Net property and equipment	11,785	12,596
Deferred income taxes, net	3,143	2,967
Other assets	7,920	8,281
Intercompany receivables	601,080	601,223
Equity in Subsidiaries	77,544	55,287
Total assets	798,651	784,568
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	6	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	15,677	19,263
Total current liabilities	15,683	19,269
Long-term debt, less current maturities	322,948	321,887
Other long-term liabilities	19,529	19,091
Total liabilities	358,160	360,247
Common stock	85,352	84,915
Other	355,118	339,364
Accumulated other comprehensive income	21	42
Total shareholders' equity	440,491	424,321
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	798,651	784,568
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	2,827	1,033	1,190	1,937
Receivables, net of allowances	44,882	43,453
Inventories	33,926	33,929
Prepaid expenses	6,442	2,128
Deferred income taxes, net	11,148	13,154
Total current assets	99,225	93,697
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances	59,982	61,025
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	432,285	422,753
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	226,461	218,018
Goodwill	229,749	229,749
Cemetery property, at cost	365,274	365,901
Property and equipment, at cost	513,895	506,957
Less accumulated depreciation	256,162	252,124
Net property and equipment	257,733	254,833
Deferred income taxes, net	55,712	52,379
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	255,961	249,608
Other assets	4,111	4,279
Equity in Subsidiaries	11,500	11,070
Total assets	1,997,993	1,963,312
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	66,908	73,119
Total current liabilities	66,908	73,119
Deferred income taxes, net	3,621	4,350
Intercompany payables	593,812	591,381
Deferred preneed funeral revenue	192,594	193,860
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue	234,432	236,249
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	593,625	577,013
Perpetual care trusts' corpus	252,868	247,845
Other long-term liabilities	1,457	1,457
Total liabilities	1,939,317	1,925,274
Common stock	102	102
Other	58,574	37,936
Total shareholders' equity	58,676	38,038
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	1,997,993	1,963,312
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	1,143	1,432	1,889	1,363
Marketable securities	810	468
Receivables, net of allowances	6,818	6,306
Inventories	2,400	2,373
Prepaid expenses	1,523	1,422
Deferred income taxes, net	741	816
Total current assets	13,435	12,817
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances	11,285	11,595
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	9,498	9,669
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	7,053	7,030
Goodwill	19,835	19,835
Cemetery property, at cost	35,325	35,769
Property and equipment, at cost	44,332	44,623
Less accumulated depreciation	20,915	20,792
Net property and equipment	23,417	23,831
Deferred income taxes, net	7,139	6,779
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	14,332	14,055
Other assets	1,015	1,252
Total assets	142,334	142,632
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	3,572	4,801
Intercompany payables	1,744	1,247
Total current liabilities	5,316	6,048
Deferred income taxes, net	580	581
Intercompany payables	7,268	9,842
Deferred preneed funeral revenue	47,087	46,555
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue	29,082	29,098
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	8,309	8,151
Perpetual care trusts' corpus	14,324	14,038
Total liabilities	111,966	114,313
Common stock	376	376
Other	29,987	27,934
Accumulated other comprehensive income	5	9
Total shareholders' equity	30,368	28,319
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	142,334	142,632
Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Intercompany receivables	(1,744)	(1,247)
Total current assets	(1,744)	(1,247)
Intercompany receivables	(601,080)	(601,223)
Equity in Subsidiaries	(89,044)	(66,357)
Total assets	(691,868)	(668,827)
Current liabilities:
Intercompany payables	(1,744)	(1,247)
Total current liabilities	(1,744)	(1,247)
Intercompany payables	(601,080)	(601,223)
Total liabilities	(602,824)	(602,470)
Common stock	(478)	(478)
Other	(88,561)	(65,870)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	(5)	(9)
Total shareholders' equity	(89,044)	(66,357)
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ (691,868)	$ (668,827)

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Income Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Change in the tax valuation allowance	$ 2,700	$ 600
Valuation allowance remaining	$ 200

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Textual) [Abstract]
Deferred Tax (Expense) Benefit on Investments	$ 12	$ (2)

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Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Net cash provided by operating activities	$ 11,896	$ 7,785
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of marketable securities	(3,956)
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities		250
Deposits of restricted funds and purchases of marketable securities	(3,956)	(1,756)
Proceeds from sale of assets	778	233
Additions to property and equipment	(9,250)	(6,524)
Other	48	23
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(12,380)	(7,774)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(1)	(1)
Debt refinancing costs		(34)
Issuance of common stock	787	117
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(1,833)	(7,847)
Dividends	(3,374)	(3,062)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements	74	23
Net cash used in financing activities	(4,347)	(10,804)
Net decrease in cash	(4,831)	(10,793)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	68,187	65,688
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	63,356	54,895
Parent [Member]
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Net cash provided by operating activities	2,866	816
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of marketable securities	(3,848)
Deposits of restricted funds and purchases of marketable securities		(1,756)
Additions to property and equipment	(653)	(451)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(4,501)	(2,207)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(1)	(1)
Intercompany receivables (payables)	(354)	1,623
Debt refinancing costs		(34)
Issuance of common stock	787	117
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(1,833)	(7,847)
Dividends	(3,374)	(3,062)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements	74	23
Net cash used in financing activities	(4,701)	(9,181)
Net decrease in cash	(6,336)	(10,572)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	65,722	62,388
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	59,386	51,816
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Net cash provided by operating activities	6,901	5,514
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of assets	778	233
Additions to property and equipment	(8,364)	(5,198)
Other	48	23
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(7,538)	(4,942)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Intercompany receivables (payables)	2,431	(1,319)
Net cash used in financing activities	2,431	(1,319)
Net decrease in cash	1,794	(747)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	1,033	1,937
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	2,827	1,190
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Net cash provided by operating activities	2,129	1,455
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of marketable securities	(108)
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities		250
Additions to property and equipment	(233)	(875)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(341)	(625)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Intercompany receivables (payables)	(2,077)	(304)
Net cash used in financing activities	(2,077)	(304)
Net decrease in cash	(289)	526
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	1,432	1,363
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	1,143	1,889
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities
Deposits of restricted funds and purchases of marketable securities
Proceeds from sale of assets
Purchase of subsidiaries and other investments, net of cash acquired
Additions to property and equipment
Other
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt
Intercompany receivables (payables)
Debt refinancing costs
Issuance of common stock
Purchase and retirement of common stock
Dividends
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
Net cash used in financing activities
Net decrease in cash
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

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Segment Data (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Net preneed merchandise and service sales
Total Net Preneed Merchandise and Service Sales	$ 31,890	$ 34,558
Funeral [Member]
Net preneed merchandise and service sales
Total Net Preneed Merchandise and Service Sales	21,098	22,751
Cemetery [Member]
Net preneed merchandise and service sales
Total Net Preneed Merchandise and Service Sales	$ 10,792	$ 11,807

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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

(16) Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the three months ended January 31, 2013 was positively impacted by a $2,700 overall reduction in the capital loss tax valuation allowance associated with the positive performance of the Company’s trust portfolio during the quarter ended January 31, 2013. Realized capital losses in the trusts for which the Company is the grantor, in which insufficient offsetting capital gains are expected, can require the Company to record a valuation allowance against the related deferred tax asset (capital loss carryforward). Reductions in the valuation allowance result when the Company has realized or unrealized gains in the grantor trust or from other assets that are expected to be sold at a capital gain. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had a $200 valuation allowance remaining on the capital loss carryforward.

Income tax expense for the three months ended January 31, 2012 was impacted by a $600 overall reduction in the tax valuation allowance primarily due to the reduction of a portion of the valuation allowance related to capital losses associated with the positive performance of the Company’s trust portfolio during the three months ended January 31, 2012.

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Details 5) (Preneed Funeral Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	$ 170,627	$ 158,338
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(41,126)	(48,219)
Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	79,214	57,200
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(2,356)	(2,481)
12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	91,413	101,138
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(38,770)	(45,738)
Corporate bonds [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	523
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(37)
Corporate bonds [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	523
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(37)
Preferred stocks [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	6,189	12,630
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(540)	(688)
Preferred stocks [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	2,784	5,707
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(270)	(170)
Preferred stocks [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	3,405	6,923
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(270)	(518)
Common stocks [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	100,539	111,307
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(36,301)	(42,568)
Common stocks [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	26,685	34,686
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(1,518)	(2,241)
Common stocks [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	73,854	76,621
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(34,783)	(40,327)
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	3,702	5,830
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,131)	(1,494)
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		2,467
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		(24)
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	3,702	3,363
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(1,131)	(1,470)
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	50,019	10,738
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,083)	(570)
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	46,568	7,054
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(508)	(11)
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	3,451	3,684
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(575)	(559)
Mutual funds [Member] | Commodity [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	7,001	10,547
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(2,011)	(2,864)
Mutual funds [Member] | Commodity [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	7,001	10,547
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(2,011)	(2,864)
Mutual funds [Member] | Real estate investment trusts [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	2,654	2,005
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(23)	(9)
Mutual funds [Member] | Real estate investment trusts [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	2,654	2,005
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(23)	(9)
Mutual funds [Member] | Master limited partnerships [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value		5,281
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(26)
Mutual funds [Member] | Master limited partnerships [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		5,281
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		$ (26)

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Basis of Presentation (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward Beginning Balance	$ 9,312	$ 11,744
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward charged to costs and expenses	1,886	1,278
Write-offs	(1,162)	(1,866)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward Ending Balance	10,036	11,156
Current receivables at-need funeral and other [Member]
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward Beginning Balance	4,059	4,626
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward charged to costs and expenses	868	526
Write-offs	(310)	(562)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward Ending Balance	4,617	4,590
Receivables, due beyond one year other [Member]
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward Beginning Balance	5,253	7,118
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward charged to costs and expenses	1,018	752
Write-offs	(852)	(1,304)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Roll Forward Ending Balance	$ 5,419	$ 6,566

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Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net earnings	$ 15,477	$ 8,545
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net of tax	(21)	5
Comprehensive income	15,456	8,550
Parent [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net earnings	15,477	8,545
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net of tax	(21)	5
Comprehensive income	15,456	8,550
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net earnings	20,638	12,324
Comprehensive income	20,638	12,324
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net earnings	2,053	1,751
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net of tax	(4)	5
Comprehensive income	2,049	1,756
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net earnings	(22,691)	(14,075)
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net of tax	4	(5)
Comprehensive income	$ (22,687)	$ (14,080)

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Restructuring and Other Charges (Table)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Restructuring and Other Charges [Abstract]

Schedule of activities related to restructuring and other charges

The following table summarizes the activity related to the restructuring liability for the three months ended January 31, 2013:

Restructuring liability as of October 31, 2012	$	206
Additional restructuring costs incurred		81
Cash payments		(287	)
Restructuring liability as of January 31, 2013	$	—

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Long Term Receivable and Investment Components
Receivables from customers	$ 29,333	$ 29,594
Preneed cemetery receivables	(2,043)	(2,090)
Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member]
Long Term Receivable and Investment Components
Trust assets	206,224	197,544
Receivables from customers	29,333	29,594
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments, Gross	235,557	227,138
Preneed cemetery receivables	(2,043)	(2,090)
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments, Net	$ 233,514	$ 225,048

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Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Reconciliation of basic and diluted per share data
Earnings from continuing operations	$ 15,534	$ 8,858
Allocation of earnings to nonvested restricted stock	(169)	(80)
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders, Earnings	15,365	8,778
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders, Shares	84,394	87,037
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders, Per Share	$ 0.18	$ 0.10
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options assumed exercised, Share	536	312
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised, Earnings	$ 15,365	$ 8,778
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised, Shares	84,930	87,349
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised, Per Share	$ 0.18	$ 0.10

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Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Details 3) (Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	$ 95,089	$ 100,189
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(17,984)	(24,049)
Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	44,075	43,772
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(852)	(1,139)
12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	51,014	56,417
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(17,132)	(22,910)
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	14
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1)
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	14
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(1)
Corporate bonds [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	6,812	5,012
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(147)	(828)
Corporate bonds [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	6,385	4,736
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(137)	(80)
Corporate bonds [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	427	276
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(10)	(748)
Preferred stocks [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	7,165	10,568
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(617)	(2,069)
Preferred stocks [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	1,812	4,076
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(84)	(54)
Preferred stocks [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	5,353	6,492
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(533)	(2,015)
Common stocks [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	38,863	52,047
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(15,171)	(19,440)
Common stocks [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	10,627	19,623
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(384)	(704)
Common stocks [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	28,236	32,424
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(14,787)	(18,736)
Equity [Member] | Mutual funds [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	1,479	4,574
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(373)	(521)
Equity [Member] | Mutual funds [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	210	3,405
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(6)	(40)
Equity [Member] | Mutual funds [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	1,269	1,169
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(367)	(481)
Fixed income [Member] | Mutual funds [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	34,183	21,784
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,156)	(713)
Fixed income [Member] | Mutual funds [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	21,169	7,267
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(200)	(12)
Fixed income [Member] | Mutual funds [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	13,014	14,517
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(956)	(701)
Commodity [Member] | Mutual funds [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	4,084	4,098
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(499)	(463)
Commodity [Member] | Mutual funds [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	1,369	2,559
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(20)	(234)
Commodity [Member] | Mutual funds [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	2,715	1,539
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(479)	(229)
Real estate investment trusts [Member] | Mutual funds [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	2,489	2,106
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(20)	(15)
Real estate investment trusts [Member] | Mutual funds [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	2,489	2,106
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	$ (20)	$ (15)

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Details 2) (Preneed Funeral Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013
Preneed Funeral Activities [Member]
Investments classified by contractual Maturity Date
Due in one year or less	$ 2,266
Due in one to five years	12,626
Due in five to ten years	2,829
Thereafter	507
Total	$ 18,228

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings	$ 15,477	$ 8,545
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Net gain on dispositions	(633)	(343)
Depreciation and amortization	6,487	6,552
Non-cash interest and amortization of discount on senior convertible notes	1,429	1,365
Provision for doubtful accounts	1,886	1,278
Share-based compensation	981	1,144
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements	(74)	(23)
Provision for deferred income taxes	3,923	3,613
Estimated obligation to fund cemetery perpetual care trust		642
Other	37	4
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in receivables	(2,516)	559
Increase in prepaid expenses	(5,178)	(4,138)
(Increase) decrease in inventories and cemetery property	1,022	(2,596)
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses	(6,226)	(7,482)
Net effect of preneed funeral production and maturities:
Increase in preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	(731)	(725)
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral revenue	(706)	(1,012)
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust	(412)	(67)
Net effect of preneed cemetery production and deliveries:
Increase in preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	(3,222)	(1,642)
Decrease in deferred preneed cemetery revenue	(1,833)	(439)
Increase in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust	1,795	2,299
Increase in other	390	251
Net cash provided by operating activities	11,896	7,785
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities		250
Deposits of restricted funds and purchases of marketable securities	(3,956)	(1,756)
Proceeds from sale of assets	778	233
Additions to property and equipment	(9,250)	(6,524)
Other	48	23
Net cash used in investing activities	(12,380)	(7,774)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(1)	(1)
Debt refinancing costs		(34)
Issuance of common stock	787	117
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(1,833)	(7,847)
Dividends	(3,374)	(3,062)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements	74	23
Net cash used in financing activities	(4,347)	(10,804)
Net decrease in cash	(4,831)	(10,793)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	68,187	65,688
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	63,356	54,895
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net	484	(197)
Interest	2,432	2,435
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Issuance of common stock to directors	133	437
Issuance of restricted stock, net of forfeitures	$ 374	$ 300

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Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Textual) [Abstract]
Estimated obligation to fund cemetery perpetual care trust	$ 11,956		$ 11,965
Cemetery Revenue	57,616	52,813
Perpetual Care Trust [Member]
Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Textual) [Abstract]
Outstanding covered calls with market value	119		131
Appreciation of securities underlying call options	365
Estimated obligation to fund cemetery perpetual care trust	11,956		11,965
Cemetery Revenue	57,616	52,813
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member]
Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Textual) [Abstract]
Available for Sale Securities Gross Realized Gain Loss Excluding Other Than Temporary Impairments	(98)	5
Additional Funding Obligation		642
Trust earnings not withdrawn from the perpetual care trusts	9	475
Additional estimated funding obligation	2,110
Unrealized Losses, In Percentage	84.00%
Unrealized Losses of Investments Comprising Majority of Total Unrealized Losses	15,171
Losses from the sale of investments	167
Other than temporary investment losses	1,057
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member] | Investment Income [Member]
Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Textual) [Abstract]
Perpetual care trust earnings	4,242	2,994
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member] | Perpetual Care Trust [Member]
Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Textual) [Abstract]
Perpetual Care and Trust Revenue and Expenses	$ 2,235	$ 2,059

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Basis of Presentation (Details 4) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Receivable Aging Analysis Schedule
Company's receivables, 1 to 30 Days	$ 170,965	$ 170,500
Company's receivables, 31 to 60 Days	7,011	7,350
Company's receivables, 61 to 90 Days	3,957	3,990
Company's receivables, Greater than 90 Days	27,312	27,086
Company's receivables, Total	209,245	208,926
Receivables - at need funeral [Member]
Receivable Aging Analysis Schedule
Company's receivables, 1 to 30 Days	5,474	4,392
Company's receivables, 31 to 60 Days	1,873	1,274
Company's receivables, 61 to 90 Days	701	509
Company's receivables, Greater than 90 Days	2,326	1,945
Company's receivables, Total	10,374	8,120
Receivables - other [Member]
Receivable Aging Analysis Schedule
Company's receivables, 1 to 30 Days	107,583	107,602
Company's receivables, 31 to 60 Days	3,600	4,239
Company's receivables, 61 to 90 Days	2,263	2,491
Company's receivables, Greater than 90 Days	11,819	11,921
Company's receivables, Total	125,265	126,253
Preneed funeral receivables [Member]
Receivable Aging Analysis Schedule
Company's receivables, 1 to 30 Days	32,418	33,034
Company's receivables, 31 to 60 Days	687	825
Company's receivables, 61 to 90 Days	459	406
Company's receivables, Greater than 90 Days	10,709	10,694
Company's receivables, Total	44,273	44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables [Member]
Receivable Aging Analysis Schedule
Company's receivables, 1 to 30 Days	25,490	25,472
Company's receivables, 31 to 60 Days	851	1,012
Company's receivables, 61 to 90 Days	534	584
Company's receivables, Greater than 90 Days	2,458	2,526
Company's receivables, Total	$ 29,333	$ 29,594

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Tables) (Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member])

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member]

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Long Term Receivable and Investment Components

The components of preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
Trust assets	$	206,224		$	197,544
Receivables from customers		29,333			29,594
		235,557			227,138
Allowance for cancellations		(2,043	)		(2,090	)
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	$	233,514		$	225,048

Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation

The cost basis and market values associated with the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust assets as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	14,184	$	—	$	—		$	14,184
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		450		—		—			450
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,527		102		—			1,629
Corporate bonds	2		1,922		137		—			2,059
Preferred stocks	2		12,540		593		(248	)		12,885
Common stocks	1		106,025		3,992		(23,908	)		86,109
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		23,102		178		(5,097	)		18,183
Fixed income	1		52,621		521		(389	)		52,753
Commodity	1		8,693		—		(2,049	)		6,644
Master limited partnerships	1		7,282		253		—			7,535
Real estate investment trusts	1		3,178		39		(20	)		3,197
Trust investments		$	231,524	$	5,815	$	(31,711	)	$	205,628
Market value as a percentage of cost											88.8	%
Accrued investment income										596
Trust assets									$	206,224

The cost basis and market values associated with the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust assets as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	9,099	$	—	$	—		$	9,099
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		487		—		—			487
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,568		115		—			1,683
Corporate bonds	2		1,981		156		—			2,137
Preferred stocks	2		12,790		142		—			12,932
Common stocks	1		104,170		1,931		(27,687	)		78,414
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		23,818		201		(6,253	)		17,766
Fixed income	1		53,572		857		(16	)		54,413
Commodity	1		8,693		—		(1,991	)		6,702
Real estate investment trusts	1		3,021		—		(14	)		3,007
Master limited partnerships	1		10,303		—		(67	)		10,236
Trust investments		$	229,502	$	3,402	$	(36,028	)	$	196,876
Market value as a percentage of cost											85.8	%
Accrued investment income										668
Trust assets									$	197,544

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	235
Due in one to five years		2,024
Due in five to ten years		1,095
Thereafter		334
	$	3,688

Investment Related Activities

Activity related to preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	33,785		$	3,283
Sales		38,103			1,959
Realized gains from sales of investments		2,533			220
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(1,238	)(1)		(84	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		1,982			2,696
Deposits		4,459			4,332
Withdrawals		4,856			4,454

⁽¹⁾  Includes $250 in losses from the sale of investments and $988 in the losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investments aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Preferred stocks	$	887	$	(57	)	$	1,953	$	(191	)	$	2,840	$	(248	)
Common stocks		12,370		(1,058	)		38,479		(22,850	)		50,849		(23,908	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		—		—			12,894		(5,097	)		12,894		(5,097	)
Fixed income		28,321		(389	)		—		—			28,321		(389	)
Commodity		—		—			6,645		(2,049	)		6,645		(2,049	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,231		(20	)		—		—			2,231		(20	)
Total	$	43,809	$	(1,524	)	$	59,971	$	(30,187	)	$	103,780	$	(31,711	)

	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Common stocks	$	18,856	$	(1,271	)	$	37,775	$	(26,416	)	$	56,631	$	(27,687	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		1,868		(14	)		11,756		(6,239	)		13,624		(6,253	)
Fixed income		11,014		(16	)		—		—			11,014		(16	)
Commodity		—		—			6,703		(1,991	)		6,703		(1,991	)
Real estate investment trusts		3,007		(14	)		—		—			3,007		(14	)
Master limited partnerships		10,236		(67	)		—		—			10,236		(67	)
Total	$	44,981	$	(1,382	)	$	56,234	$	(34,646	)	$	101,215	$	(36,028	)

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Tables) (Preneed Funeral Activities [Member])

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Preneed Funeral Activities [Member]

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Long Term Receivable and Investment Components

The components of preneed funeral receivables and trust investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
Trust assets	$	407,925		$	397,875
Receivables from customers		44,273			44,959
		452,198			442,834
Allowance for cancellations		(10,415	)		(10,412	)
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	$	441,783		$	432,422

Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation

The cost basis and market values associated with preneed funeral merchandise and services trust assets as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	40,580	$	—	$	—		$	40,580
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		6,326		—		—			6,326
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,657		73		—			1,730
Corporate bonds	2		15,107		1,428		(37	)		16,498
Preferred stocks	2		33,314		1,111		(540	)		33,885
Common stocks	1		206,520		8,293		(36,301	)		178,512
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		13,751		1,094		(1,131	)		13,714
Fixed income	1		95,221		1,333		(1,083	)		95,471
Commodity	1		9,012		—		(2,011	)		7,001
Real estate investment trusts	1		5,013		332		(23	)		5,322
Master limited partnerships	1		2,049		83		—			2,132
Insurance contracts and other	3		5,410		184		—			5,594
Trust investments		$	433,960	$	13,931	$	(41,126	)	$	406,765
Market value as a percentage of cost											93.7	%
Accrued investment income										1,160
Trust assets									$	407,925

The cost basis and market values associated with preneed funeral merchandise and services trust assets as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	24,501	$	—	$	—		$	24,501
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		6,775		—		—			6,775
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,657		79		—			1,736
Corporate bonds	2		18,946		1,580		—			20,526
Preferred stocks	2		34,939		1,099		(688	)		35,350
Common stocks	1		196,745		4,598		(42,568	)		158,775
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		18,471		1,007		(1,494	)		17,984
Fixed income	1		96,021		3,271		(570	)		98,722
Commodity	1		13,412		—		(2,864	)		10,548
Real estate investment trusts	1		8,737		564		(9	)		9,292
Master limited partnerships	1		6,867		1		(26	)		6,842
Insurance contracts and other	3		5,372		168		—			5,540
Trust investments		$	432,443	$	12,367	$	(48,219	)	$	396,591
Market value as a percentage of cost											91.7	%
Accrued investment income										1,284
Trust assets									$	397,875

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	2,266
Due in one to five years		12,626
Due in five to ten years		2,829
Thereafter		507
	$	18,228

Fair Value Assets Measured on Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation

The change in the Company’s preneed funeral merchandise and services trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012
Fair market value, beginning balance	$	5,540	$	5,868
Distributions and other, net		54		(104	)
Fair market value, ending balance	$	5,594	$	5,764

Investment Related Activities

Activity related to preneed funeral trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	86,296		$	16,919
Sales		105,243			4,527
Realized gains from sales of investments		6,440			327
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(3,172	)(1)		(115	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		3,287			4,938
Deposits (2)		5,992			5,588
Withdrawals (2)		9,036			8,599

⁽¹⁾  Includes $1,417 in losses from the sale of investments and $1,755 in losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

⁽²⁾  The Company historically sold a significant portion of its preneed funeral sales through trust-funded price-guaranteed contracts. Over time, the mix has shifted to a more significant portion being sold using insurance, particularly in states where the trusting requirements are high.

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the preneed funeral merchandise and services trust investments with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds	$	523	$	(37	)	$	—	$	—		$	523	$	(37	)
Preferred stocks		2,784		(270	)		3,405		(270	)		6,189		(540	)
Common stocks		26,685		(1,518	)		73,854		(34,783	)		100,539		(36,301	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		—		—			3,702		(1,131	)		3,702		(1,131	)
Fixed income		46,568		(508	)		3,451		(575	)		50,019		(1,083	)
Commodity		—		—			7,001		(2,011	)		7,001		(2,011	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,654		(23	)		—		—			2,654		(23	)
Total	$	79,214	$	(2,356	)	$	91,413	$	(38,770	)	$	170,627	$	(41,126	)
	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Preferred stocks	$	5,707	$	(170	)	$	6,923	$	(518	)	$	12,630	$	(688	)
Common stocks		34,686		(2,241	)		76,621		(40,327	)		111,307		(42,568	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		2,467		(24	)		3,363		(1,470	)		5,830		(1,494	)
Fixed income		7,054		(11	)		3,684		(559	)		10,738		(570	)
Commodity		—		—			10,547		(2,864	)		10,547		(2,864	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,005		(9	)		—		—			2,005		(9	)
Master limited partnerships		5,281		(26	)		—		—			5,281		(26	)
Total	$	57,200	$	(2,481	)	$	101,138	$	(45,738	)	$	158,338	$	(48,219	)

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Details 4) (Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	$ 103,780	$ 101,215
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(31,711)	(36,028)
Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	43,809	44,981
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(1,524)	(1,382)
12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	59,971	56,234
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(30,187)	(34,646)
Preferred stocks [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	2,840
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(248)
Preferred stocks [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	887
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(57)
Preferred stocks [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	1,953
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(191)
Common stocks [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	50,849	56,631
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(23,908)	(27,687)
Common stocks [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	12,370	18,856
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(1,058)	(1,271)
Common stocks [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	38,479	37,775
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(22,850)	(26,416)
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	12,894	13,624
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(5,097)	(6,253)
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		1,868
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		(14)
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	12,894	11,756
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(5,097)	(6,239)
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	28,321	11,014
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(389)	(16)
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	28,321	11,014
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(389)	(16)
Mutual funds [Member] | Commodity [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	6,645	6,703
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(2,049)	(1,991)
Mutual funds [Member] | Commodity [Member] | 12 Months or Greater [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	6,645	6,703
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More	(2,049)	(1,991)
Mutual funds [Member] | Real estate investment trusts [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value	2,231	3,007
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(20)	(14)
Mutual funds [Member] | Real estate investment trusts [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	2,231	3,007
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months	(20)	(14)
Mutual funds [Member] | Master limited partnerships [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Total Market Value		10,236
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(67)
Mutual funds [Member] | Master limited partnerships [Member] | Less than 12 Months [Member]
Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments
Fair Value, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		10,236
Unrealized Losses, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months		$ (67)

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Basis of Presentation (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2008	Dec. 31, 2007	Jan. 31, 2013 Segment States Cemetery Funeral	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Basis of Presentation (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Number of funeral homes					216
Number of Cemeteries					141
Number of working states of entity					24
Number of operating segments					3
Number of reportable segments					3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate					2.20%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate					37.60%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate					1.10%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term					6 years 3 months 18 days
Stock Repurchase Program, Additional Authorized Amount					$ 25,000
Increase in amount authorized under stock repurchase program	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000
Amount Authorized Under Stock Repurchase Program					125,000
Purchase Number of Shares					245,118
Purchase of Shares, Value for the Period					1,826
Repurchased stock average cost per share for the period					$ 7.45
Share Repurchase Program, Total Value Repurchased shares					110,381
Share Repurchase Program, Total repurchased Shares					16,172,850
Repurchased stock average cost per share since stock repurchase plan inception					$ 6.83
Amount Remaining Available For Future Repurchases					14,619
Increase in Quarterly Dividend Rate per Share					$ 0.005
Current quarterly common stock dividend per share rate					$ 0.04
Dividends					3,374	3,062
Original common stock quarterly dividend rate					$ 0.025
Marketable securities Aggregate					15,653		11,514
Marketable securities included in other asset noncurrent					1,000
Minimal capital level					1,000
Minimal capital level percent					40.00%
Marketable securities level one [Member]
Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable securities not held in trust					11,313		10,999
Marketable securities level two [Member]
Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable securities not held in trust					4,340		515
Independent Director [Member]
Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Share based compensation expenses					133	437
Share based compensation-shares granted in period					17,116	67,853
Cash paid to independent members of the board of directors					437	133
Stock Options [Member]
Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Total unrecognized compensation costs related to stock option					4,929
Weighted average period over which remaining stock option expense will be recognized					3 years 1 month 6 days
Current fiscal year expected stock option expenses					1,800
Share based compensation expenses					472	373
Restricted Stock [Member]
Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Total unrecognized compensation costs					2,925
Share based compensation expenses					376	334
Share based compensation-shares granted in period					516,500
Current fiscal year expected restricted stock expenses					$ 2,100

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Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Tables) (Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member])

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member]

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation

The cost basis and market values of the trust investments held by the cemetery perpetual care trusts as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	24,716	$	—	$	—		$	24,716
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		4,651		213		(1	)		4,863
Corporate bonds	2		24,293		1,116		(147	)		25,262
Preferred stocks	2		26,002		1,547		(617	)		26,932
Common stocks	1		86,556		4,935		(15,171	)		76,320
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		17,340		1,479		(373	)		18,446
Fixed income	1		77,530		2,300		(1,156	)		78,674
Commodity	1		4,595		5		(499	)		4,101
Real estate investment trusts	1		9,113		1,006		(20	)		10,099
Other	3		47		—		—			47
Trust investments		$	274,843	$	12,601	$	(17,984	)	$	269,460
Market value as a percentage of cost											98.0	%
Accrued investment income										833
Trust assets									$	270,293

The cost basis and market values of the trust investments held by the cemetery perpetual care trusts as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	16,856	$	—	$	—		$	16,856
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		5,089		250		—			5,339
Corporate bonds	2		26,479		1,409		(828	)		27,060
Preferred stocks	2		33,476		552		(2,069	)		31,959
Common stocks	1		90,085		3,017		(19,440	)		73,662
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		17,204		1,164		(521	)		17,847
Fixed income	1		74,762		2,400		(713	)		76,449
Commodity	1		4,591		6		(463	)		4,134
Real estate investment trusts	1		8,792		614		(15	)		9,391
Other	3		47		—		—			47
Trust investments		$	277,381	$	9,412	$	(24,049	)	$	262,744
Market value as a percentage of cost											94.7	%
Accrued investment income										919
Trust assets									$	263,663

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	3,540
Due in one to five years		14,411
Due in five to ten years		7,962
Thereafter		4,212
	$	30,125

Investment Related Activities

Activity related to preneed cemetery perpetual care trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	60,455		$	27,979
Sales		68,413			28,132
Realized gains from sales of investments		2,971			2,320
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(1,224	)(1)		(1,203	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		2,982			2,651
Deposits		1,889			2,127
Withdrawals		2,844			2,369

⁽¹⁾  Includes $167 in losses from the sale of investments and $1,057 in the losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the cemetery perpetual care trust investments with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	$	14	$	(1	)	$	—	$	—		$	14	$	(1	)
Corporate bonds		6,385		(137	)		427		(10	)		6,812		(147	)
Preferred stocks		1,812		(84	)		5,353		(533	)		7,165		(617	)
Common stocks		10,627		(384	)		28,236		(14,787	)		38,863		(15,171	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		210		(6	)		1,269		(367	)		1,479		(373	)
Fixed income		21,169		(200	)		13,014		(956	)		34,183		(1,156	)
Commodity		1,369		(20	)		2,715		(479	)		4,084		(499	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,489		(20	)		—		—			2,489		(20	)
Total	$	44,075	$	(852	)	$	51,014	$	(17,132	)	$	95,089	$	(17,984	)

	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds	$	4,736	$	(80	)	$	276	$	(748	)	$	5,012	$	(828	)
Preferred stocks		4,076		(54	)		6,492		(2,015	)		10,568		(2,069	)
Common stocks		19,623		(704	)		32,424		(18,736	)		52,047		(19,440	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		3,405		(40	)		1,169		(481	)		4,574		(521	)
Fixed income		7,267		(12	)		14,517		(701	)		21,784		(713	)
Commodity		2,559		(234	)		1,539		(229	)		4,098		(463	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,106		(15	)		—		—			2,106		(15	)
Total	$	43,772	$	(1,139	)	$	56,417	$	(22,910	)	$	100,189	$	(24,049	)

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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus [Abstract]

Component of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust

The components of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at January 31, 2013 are as follows:

	Deferred Receipts Held in Trust
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
Trust assets at market value	$	407,925		$	206,224		$	614,149
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(9,586	)		(6,226	)		(15,812	)
Pending deposits		2,244			1,353			3,597
Deferred receipts held in trust	$	400,583		$	201,351		$	601,934

The components of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	Deferred Receipts Held in Trust
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
Trust assets at market value	$	397,875		$	197,544		$	595,419
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(7,870	)		(6,345	)		(14,215	)
Pending deposits		2,333			1,627			3,960
Deferred receipts held in trust	$	392,338		$	192,826		$	585,164

Components of perpetual care trusts' corpus

The components of perpetual care trusts’ corpus in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at January 31, 2013 are as follows:

	Perpetual Care Trusts’  Corpus
Trust assets at market value	$	270,293
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(3,390	)
Pending deposits		289
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus	$	267,192

The components of perpetual care trusts’ corpus in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	Perpetual Care Trusts’  Corpus
Trust assets at market value	$	263,663
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(1,905	)
Pending deposits		125
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus	$	261,883

Investment and other income, net

The components of investment and other income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 are detailed below.

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Realized gains from sales of investments	$	11,944		$	2,867
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(5,634	)		(1,402	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		8,251			10,285
Trust expenses and income taxes		(3,056	)		(2,311	)
Net trust investment income		11,505			9,439
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		(7,685	)		(6,489	)
Reclassification to perpetual care trusts’ corpus		(3,820	)		(2,950	)
Total deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—			—
Investment and other income, net		124			46
Total investment and other income, net	$	124		$	46

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2013 Common Class A	Oct. 31, 2012 Common Class A	Jan. 31, 2013 Common Class B	Oct. 31, 2012 Common Class B
Dividends declared per common share		$ 0.035
Common stock, stated value			$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares			81,797,232	81,359,536	3,555,020	3,555,020

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Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data [Abstract]

Reconciliation of basic and diluted per share data

Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data

	Earnings (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Data
Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
Earnings from continuing operations	$	15,534
Allocation of earnings to nonvested restricted stock		(169	)
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders	$	15,365			84,394	$	.18
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options assumed exercised					536
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised	$	15,365			84,930	$	.18
	Earnings (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Data
Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
Earnings from continuing operations	$	8,858
Allocation of earnings to nonvested restricted stock		(80	)
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders	$	8,778			87,037	$	.10
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options assumed exercised					312
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised	$	8,778			87,349	$	.10

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Restructuring and Other Charges (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2012 Employees	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Restructuring and Other Charges (Textual) [Abstract]
No. of employee eliminated in corporate support service	60
Restructuring and other charges		$ 81	$ 3,291

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Basis of Presentation (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of receivables
Current receivables - at-need funeral	$ 10,374	$ 8,120
Current receivables - other	48,579	48,380
Receivables, due beyond one year - other	76,686	77,873
Preneed funeral receivables	44,273	44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables	29,333	29,594
Total current receivables	58,953	56,500
Total noncurrent receivables	150,292	152,426
Total	$ 209,245	$ 208,926

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities (Details 1) (Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 231,524	$ 229,502
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	5,815	3,402
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(31,711)	(36,028)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	205,628	196,876
Market value as a percentage of cost	88.80%	85.80%
Accrued investment income	596	668
Trust assets	206,224	197,544
Cash, money market and other short- term investments [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	14,184	9,099
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	14,184	9,099
Long-term certificate of deposit investments [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	450	487
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	450	487
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	1,527	1,568
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	102	115
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	1,629	1,683
Corporate bonds [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	1,922	1,981
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	137	156
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	2,059	2,137
Preferred stocks [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	12,540	12,790
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	593	142
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(248)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	12,885	12,932
Common stocks [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	106,025	104,170
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	3,992	1,931
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(23,908)	(27,687)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	86,109	78,414
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	23,102	23,818
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	178	201
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(5,097)	(6,253)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	18,183	17,766
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	52,621	53,572
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	521	857
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(389)	(16)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	52,753	54,413
Mutual funds [Member] | Commodity [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	8,693	8,693
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(2,049)	(1,991)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	6,644	6,702
Mutual funds [Member] | Real estate investment trusts [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	3,178	3,021
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	39
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(20)	(14)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	3,197	3,007
Mutual funds [Member] | Master limited partnerships [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	7,282	10,303
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	253
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(67)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	$ 7,535	$ 10,236

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Segment Data (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Segment Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of operating and reportable segment	3
Funeral [Member]
Segment Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Funeral trust management fees	$ 1,483	$ 1,292
Funeral trust earnings	2,576	2,853
Cemetery [Member]
Segment Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Perpetual care trust earnings	4,242	2,994
Cemetery trust management fees	1,757	1,504
Cemetery trust earnings	$ 755	$ 788

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Funeral	$ 78,065	$ 72,011
Cemetery	57,616	52,813
Total Revenue	135,681	124,824
Costs and expenses:
Funeral	56,664	53,354
Cemetery	46,701	46,074
Total costs and expenses	103,365	99,428
Gross profit	32,316	25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses	(7,388)	(6,692)
Restructuring and other charges	(81)
Net gain on dispositions	721	343
Other operating income, net	921	194
Operating earnings	26,489	19,241
Interest expense	(5,916)	(5,867)
Investment and other income, net	124	46
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	20,697	13,420
Income taxes	5,163	4,562
Earnings from continuing operations	15,534	8,858
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	(88)	(367)
Income tax benefit	(31)	(54)
Loss from discontinued operations	(57)	(313)
Net earnings	$ 15,477	$ 8,545
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$ 0.18	$ 0.10
Loss from discontinued operations
Net earnings	$ 0.18	$ 0.10
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$ 0.18	$ 0.10
Loss from discontinued operations
Net earnings	$ 0.18	$ 0.10
Weighted average common shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic	84,394	87,037
Diluted	84,930	87,349
Dividends declared per common share		$ 0.035

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Long Term Receivable and Investment Components
Receivables from customers	$ 44,273	$ 44,959
Preneed funeral receivables	(10,415)	(10,412)
Preneed Funeral Activities [Member]
Long Term Receivable and Investment Components
Trust assets	407,925	397,875
Receivables from customers	44,273	44,959
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments, Gross	452,198	442,834
Preneed funeral receivables	(10,415)	(10,412)
Preneed Funeral Receivables and trust investments, net	$ 441,783	$ 432,422

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Preferred stock, par value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Common Class A
Common stock, stated value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	81,797,232	81,359,536
Common stock, shares outstanding	81,797,232	81,359,536
Common Class B
Common stock, stated value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	3,555,020	3,555,020
Common stock, shares outstanding	3,555,020	3,555,020
Per share convertible into class A shares	10	10

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Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Details 1) (Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member]
Investments classified by contractual Maturity Date
Due in one year or less	$ 3,540
Due in one to five years	14,411
Due in five to ten years	7,962
Thereafter	4,212
Total	$ 30,125

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Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes [Abstract]

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Earnings

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Earnings

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Funeral	$	—		$	72,512		$	5,553		$	—		$	78,065
Cemetery		—			51,878			5,738			—			57,616
		—			124,390			11,291			—			135,681
Costs and expenses:
Funeral		—			53,040			3,624			—			56,664
Cemetery		—			42,270			4,431			—			46,701
		—			95,310			8,055			—			103,365
Gross profit		—			29,080			3,236			—			32,316
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(7,388	)		—			—			—			(7,388	)
Restructuring and other charges		(81	)		—			—			—			(81	)
Net gain on dispositions		—			721			—			—			721
Other operating income, net		20			842			59			—			921
Operating earnings (loss)		(7,449	)		30,643			3,295			—			26,489
Interest expense		(2,888	)		(2,868	)		(160	)		—			(5,916	)
Investment and other income, net		108			13			3			—			124
Equity in subsidiaries		22,261			430			—			(22,691	)		—
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		12,032			28,218			3,138			(22,691	)		20,697
Income tax expense (benefit)		(3,445	)		7,523			1,085			—			5,163
Earnings from continuing operations		15,477			20,695			2,053			(22,691	)		15,534
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		—			(88	)		—			—			(88	)
Income tax benefit		—			(31	)		—			—			(31	)
Loss from discontinued operations		—			(57	)		—			—			(57	)
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	20,638		$	2,053		$	(22,691	)	$	15,477

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Earnings

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Funeral	$	—		$	67,033		$	4,978		$	—		$	72,011
Cemetery		—			47,342			5,471			—			52,813
		—			114,375			10,449			—			124,824
Costs and expenses:
Funeral		—			49,995			3,359			—			53,354
Cemetery		—			41,754			4,320			—			46,074
		—			91,749			7,679			—			99,428
Gross profit		—			22,626			2,770			—			25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(6,692	)		—			—			—			(6,692	)
Net gain on dispositions		—			343			—			—			343
Other operating income, net		15			120			59			—			194
Operating earnings (loss)		(6,677	)		23,089			2,829			—			19,241
Interest expense		(1,530	)		(3,980	)		(357	)		—			(5,867	)
Investment and other income, net		46			—			—			—			46
Equity in subsidiaries		13,769			306			—			(14,075	)		—
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		5,608			19,415			2,472			(14,075	)		13,420
Income tax expense (benefit)		(2,937	)		6,778			721			—			4,562
Earnings from continuing operations		8,545			12,637			1,751			(14,075	)		8,858
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		—			(367	)		—			—			(367	)
Income tax benefit		—			(54	)		—			—			(54	)
Loss from discontinued operations		—			(313	)		—			—			(313	)
Net earnings	$	8,545		$	12,324		$	1,751		$	(14,075	)	$	8,545

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	20,638	$	2,053		$	(22,691	)	$	15,477
Unrealized depreciation of investments, net of tax		(21	)		—		(4	)		4			(21	)
Comprehensive income	$	15,456		$	20,638	$	2,049		$	(22,687	)	$	15,456

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Net earnings	$	8,545	$	12,324	$	1,751	$	(14,075	)	$	8,545
Unrealized appreciation of investments, net of tax		5		—		5		(5	)		5
Comprehensive income	$	8,550	$	12,324	$	1,756	$	(14,080	)	$	8,550

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	January 31, 2013
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	59,386	$	2,827	$	1,143	$	—		$	63,356
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,250		—		—		—			6,250
Marketable securities		13,843		—		810		—			14,653
Receivables, net of allowances		2,636		44,882		6,818		—			54,336
Inventories		211		33,926		2,400		—			36,537
Prepaid expenses		2,136		6,442		1,523		—			10,101
Deferred income taxes, net		10,973		11,148		741		—			22,862
Intercompany receivables		1,744		—		—		(1,744	)		—
Total current assets		97,179		99,225		13,435		(1,744	)		208,095
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances		—		59,982		11,285		—			71,267
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		—		432,285		9,498		—			441,783
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		—		226,461		7,053		—			233,514
Goodwill		—		229,749		19,835		—			249,584
Cemetery property, at cost		—		365,274		35,325		—			400,599
Property and equipment, at cost		63,731		513,895		44,332		—			621,958
Less accumulated depreciation		51,946		256,162		20,915		—			329,023
Net property and equipment		11,785		257,733		23,417		—			292,935
Deferred income taxes, net		3,143		55,712		7,139		—			65,994
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		—		255,961		14,332		—			270,293
Other assets		7,920		4,111		1,015		—			13,046
Intercompany receivables		601,080		—		—		(601,080	)		—
Equity in subsidiaries		77,544		11,500		—		(89,044	)		—
Total assets	$	798,651	$	1,997,993	$	142,334	$	(691,868	)	$	2,247,110
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		15,677		66,908		3,572		—			86,157
Intercompany payables		—		—		1,744		(1,744	)		—
Total current liabilities		15,683		66,908		5,316		(1,744	)		86,163
Long-term debt, less current maturities		322,948		—		—		—			322,948
Deferred income taxes, net		—		3,621		580		—			4,201
Intercompany payables		—		593,812		7,268		(601,080	)		—
Deferred preneed funeral revenue		—		192,594		47,087		—			239,681
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue		—		234,432		29,082		—			263,514
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		—		593,625		8,309		—			601,934
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—		252,868		14,324		—			267,192
Other long-term liabilities		19,529		1,457		—		—			20,986
Total liabilities		358,160		1,939,317		111,966		(602,824	)		1,806,619
Common stock		85,352		102		376		(478	)		85,352
Other		355,118		58,574		29,987		(88,561	)		355,118
Accumulated other comprehensive income		21		—		5		(5	)		21
Total shareholders’ equity		440,491		58,676		30,368		(89,044	)		440,491
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	798,651	$	1,997,993	$	142,334	$	(691,868	)	$	2,247,110

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	October 31, 2012
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	65,722	$	1,033	$	1,432	$	—		$	68,187
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,250		—		—		—			6,250
Marketable securities		10,046		—		468		—			10,514
Receivables, net of allowances		2,682		43,453		6,306		—			52,441
Inventories		193		33,929		2,373		—			36,495
Prepaid expenses		1,373		2,128		1,422		—			4,923
Deferred income taxes, net		16,701		13,154		816		—			30,671
Intercompany receivables		1,247		—		—		(1,247	)		—
Total current assets		104,214		93,697		12,817		(1,247	)		209,481
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances		—		61,025		11,595		—			72,620
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		—		422,753		9,669		—			432,422
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		—		218,018		7,030		—			225,048
Goodwill		—		229,749		19,835		—			249,584
Cemetery property, at cost		—		365,901		35,769		—			401,670
Property and equipment, at cost		63,328		506,957		44,623		—			614,908
Less accumulated depreciation		50,732		252,124		20,792		—			323,648
Net property and equipment		12,596		254,833		23,831		—			291,260
Deferred income taxes, net		2,967		52,379		6,779		—			62,125
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		—		249,608		14,055		—			263,663
Other assets		8,281		4,279		1,252		—			13,812
Intercompany receivables		601,223		—		—		(601,223	)		—
Equity in subsidiaries		55,287		11,070		—		(66,357	)		—
Total assets	$	784,568	$	1,963,312	$	142,632	$	(668,827	)	$	2,221,685
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		19,263		73,119		4,801		—			97,183
Intercompany payables		—		—		1,247		(1,247	)		—
Total current liabilities		19,269		73,119		6,048		(1,247	)		97,189
Long-term debt, less current maturities		321,887		—		—		—			321,887
Deferred income taxes, net		—		4,350		581		—			4,931
Intercompany payables		—		591,381		9,842		(601,223	)		—
Deferred preneed funeral revenue		—		193,860		46,555		—			240,415
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue		—		236,249		29,098		—			265,347
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		—		577,013		8,151		—			585,164
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—		247,845		14,038		—			261,883
Other long-term liabilities		19,091		1,457		—		—			20,548
Total liabilities		360,247		1,925,274		114,313		(602,470	)		1,797,364
Common stock		84,915		102		376		(478	)		84,915
Other		339,364		37,936		27,934		(65,870	)		339,364
Accumulated other comprehensive income		42		—		9		(9	)		42
Total shareholders’ equity		424,321		38,038		28,319		(66,357	)		424,321
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	784,568	$	1,963,312	$	142,632	$	(668,827	)	$	2,221,685

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	2,866		$	6,901		$	2,129		$	—	$	11,896
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities		(3,848	)		—			(108	)		—		(3,956	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		—			778			—			—		778
Additions to property and equipment		(653	)		(8,364	)		(233	)		—		(9,250	)
Other		—			48			—			—		48
Net cash used in investing activities		(4,501	)		(7,538	)		(341	)		—		(12,380	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(1	)		—			—			—		(1	)
Intercompany receivables (payables)		(354	)		2,431			(2,077	)		—		—
Issuance of common stock		787			—			—			—		787
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(1,833	)		—			—			—		(1,833	)
Dividends		(3,374	)		—			—			—		(3,374	)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements		74			—			—			—		74
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(4,701	)		2,431			(2,077	)		—		(4,347	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(6,336	)		1,794			(289	)		—		(4,831	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		65,722			1,033			1,432			—		68,187
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	59,386		$	2,827		$	1,143		$	—	$	63,356

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	816		$	5,514		$	1,455		$	—	$	7,785
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities		—			—			250			—		250
Deposits of restricted funds		(1,756	)		—			—			—		(1,756	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		—			233			—			—		233
Additions to property and equipment		(451	)		(5,198	)		(875	)		—		(6,524	)
Other		—			23			—			—		23
Net cash used in investing activities		(2,207	)		(4,942	)		(625	)		—		(7,774	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(1	)		—			—			—		(1	)
Intercompany receivables (payables)		1,623			(1,319	)		(304	)		—		—
Debt refinancing costs		(34	)		—			—			—		(34	)
Issuance of common stock		117			—			—			—		117
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(7,847	)		—			—			—		(7,847	)
Dividends		(3,062	)		—			—			—		(3,062	)
Excess tax benefits from share based payment arrangements		23			—			—			—		23
Net cash used in financing activities		(9,181	)		(1,319	)		(304	)		—		(10,804	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(10,572	)		(747	)		526			—		(10,793	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		62,388			1,937			1,363			—		65,688
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	51,816		$	1,190		$	1,889		$	—	$	54,895

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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Investment and other income, net
Realized gains from sales of investments	$ 11,944	$ 2,867
Realized losses from sales of investments and other	(5,634)	(1,402)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income	8,251	10,285
Trust expenses and income taxes	(3,056)	(2,311)
Net trust investment income	11,505	9,439
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	(7,685)	(6,489)
Reclassification to perpetual care trusts' corpus	(3,820)	(2,950)
Total deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts' corpus
Investment and other income, net	124	46
Total investment and other income, net	$ 124	$ 46

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

(13) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:

	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance as of October 31, 2012	$	42
Unrealized depreciation of investments, net of deferred tax benefit of $12		(21	)
Reduction in net unrealized losses associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts		24,641
Reclassification of the net unrealized losses activity attributable to the deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts’ corpus		(24,641	)
Balance as of January 31, 2013	$	21

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Components of accumulated other comprehensive income

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:

	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance as of October 31, 2012	$	42
Unrealized depreciation of investments, net of deferred tax benefit of $12		(21	)
Reduction in net unrealized losses associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts		24,641
Reclassification of the net unrealized losses activity attributable to the deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts’ corpus		(24,641	)
Balance as of January 31, 2013	$	21

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Long-term Debt

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Long-term Debt [Abstract]

Long-term Debt

(15) Long-term Debt

	January 31, 2013		October 31, 2012
Long-term debt:
3.125% senior convertible notes due 2014, net of unamortized discount of $4,011 and $4,757 as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively	$	82,405	$	81,659
3.375% senior convertible notes due 2016, net of unamortized discount of $4,648 and $4,965 as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively		40,471		40,154
Senior secured revolving credit facility		—		—
6.50% senior notes due 2019		200,000		200,000
Other, principally seller financing of acquired operations or assumption upon acquisition, weighted average interest rate of 8.0% as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, partially secured by assets of subsidiaries, with maturities through 2022		78		80
Total long-term debt		322,954		321,893
Less current maturities		6		6
	$	322,948	$	321,887

Fair Value

As of January 31, 2013, the carrying values of the Company’s 3.125 percent senior convertible notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and 3.375 percent senior convertible notes due 2016 (the “2016 Notes”), including accrued interest, were $82,525 and $40,539, respectively, compared to fair values of $88,324 and $46,755, respectively. The aggregate principal amounts outstanding of the 2014 Notes and 2016 Notes as of January 31, 2013 were $86,416 and $45,119, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, the carrying value of the Company’s 6.50 percent senior notes due 2019, including accrued interest, was $203,792 compared to a fair value of $218,058. Fair values were determined using quoted market prices for those securities and are classified within Level 1 of the three-level valuation hierarchy.

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Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of antidilutive securities	266,815	2,720,080
Minimum common stock price per share of antidilutive options	$ 8.24	$ 6.22
Maximum common stock price per share of antidilutive options	$ 8.47	$ 8.47
Additional antidilutive options	709,103	17,000
Dilutive outstanding market based stock options	94,500	214,500
Maximum [Member]
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Date of expiration of anti dilutive stock options	Dec. 22, 2022
Minimum [Member]
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Date of expiration of anti dilutive stock options	Dec. 06, 2014
Common Class A [Member]
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of antidilutive securities	13,153,500	13,153,500
Common stock voting rights per share	1
Common Class A Associated with Common Stock Warrants [Member]
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of antidilutive securities	10,637,882	10,522,798
Common Class B [Member]
Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data (Textual) [Abstract]
Common stock voting rights per share	10

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands	Total	Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Beginning Balance at Oct. 31, 2012	$ 424,321	$ 84,915	[1]	$ 479,060	$ (139,696)	$ 42
Comprehensive income	15,456				15,477	(21)
Restricted stock activity	374	513	[1]	(139)
Issuance of common stock	189	26	[1]	163
Stock options exercised	731	143	[1]	588
Stock option expense	472			472
Tax benefit associated with stock activity	755			755
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(1,833)	(245)	[1]	(1,588)
Other	26			26
Ending Balance at Jan. 31, 2013	$ 440,491	$ 85,352	[1]	$ 479,337	$ (124,219)	$ 21

[1] (1) Amount includes 81,797 and 81,360 shares (in thousands) of Class A common stock with a stated value of $1 per share as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively, and includes 3,555 shares (in thousands) of Class B common stock.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings	$ 15,477	$ 8,545
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net of deferred tax (expense) benefit of $12 and ($2), respectively	(21)	5
Comprehensive income	$ 15,456	$ 8,550

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Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data

(8) Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Per Share Data

	Earnings (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Data
Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
Earnings from continuing operations	$	15,534
Allocation of earnings to nonvested restricted stock		(169	)
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders	$	15,365			84,394	$	.18
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options assumed exercised					536
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised	$	15,365			84,930	$	.18
	Earnings (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Data
Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
Earnings from continuing operations	$	8,858
Allocation of earnings to nonvested restricted stock		(80	)
Basic earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders	$	8,778			87,037	$	.10
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options assumed exercised					312
Diluted earnings per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations available to common shareholders plus stock options assumed exercised	$	8,778			87,349	$	.10

During the three months ended January 31, 2013, options to purchase 266,815 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $8.24 to $8.47 per share were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the options were greater than the average market price of the common shares for that period. Additionally, weighted-average shares outstanding for the three months ended January 31, 2013 exclude the effect of approximately 709,103 options because such options were not dilutive. These options expire between December 6, 2014 and December 22, 2022.

Options to purchase 2,720,080 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $6.22 to $8.47 per share for the three months ended January 31, 2012 were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the options were greater than the average market price of the common shares for that period. Additionally, weighted average shares outstanding for the three months ended January 31, 2012 exclude the effect of approximately 17,000 options because such options were not dilutive.

For the three months ended January 31, 2013, all of the outstanding 94,500 market based stock options were dilutive as the respective market conditions had been previously achieved. For the three months ended January 31, 2012, all of the outstanding 214,500 market based stock options were dilutive as the respective market conditions had been previously achieved.

For the three months ended January 31, 2013, a maximum of 13,153,500 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock related to the senior convertible notes and a maximum of 10,637,882 shares of Class A common stock under the common stock warrants associated with the June 2007 senior convertible debt transaction were not dilutive, as the average prices of the Company’s stock for the three months ended January 31, 2013 were less than the conversion price of the senior convertible notes and the strike price of the warrants. For the three months ended January 31, 2012, a maximum of 13,153,500 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock related to the senior convertible notes and a maximum of 10,522,798 shares of Class A common stock under the associated common stock warrants were also not dilutive.

The Company includes Class A and Class B common stock in its diluted shares calculation. As of January 31, 2013, the Company’s Chairman, Frank B. Stewart, Jr., was the record holder of all of the Company’s shares of Class B common stock. The Company’s Class A and B common stock are substantially identical, except that holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share, and holders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share. Each share of Class B common stock is automatically converted into one share of Class A common stock upon transfer to persons other than certain affiliates of Frank B. Stewart, Jr.

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Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013 Common Class A	Feb. 28, 2013 Common Class B
Entity Registrant Name	STEWART ENTERPRISES INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000878522
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jan. 31, 2013
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		81,834,044	3,555,020

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Segment Data

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Segment Data [Abstract]

Segment Data

(9) Segment Data

The Company has determined that management’s approach to operating the business indicates that there are three operating and reportable segments: a funeral segment, a cemetery segment and a corporate trust management segment. The Company does not aggregate its operating segments. Therefore, its operating and reportable segments are the same. The tables below present information about reported segments for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 for the Company’s continuing operations.

	Total Revenue
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January  31, 2012
Funeral	$	74,006	$	67,866
Cemetery (1)		55,104		50,521
Corporate Trust Management (2)		6,571		6,437
Total	$	135,681	$	124,824
	Total Gross Profit
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
Funeral	$	17,559	$	14,726
Cemetery (1)		8,691		4,625
Corporate Trust Management (2)		6,066		6,045
Total	$	32,316	$	25,396

⁽¹⁾  Perpetual care trust earnings are included in the revenues and gross profit of the cemetery segment and amounted to $4,242 and $2,994 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

⁽²⁾  Corporate trust management consists of trust management fees and funeral and cemetery merchandise and service trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Trust management fees are established by the Company at rates consistent with industry norms based on the fair market value of the assets managed and are paid by the trusts to the Company’s subsidiary, Investors Trust, Inc. The trust earnings represent the amount of distributable earnings as stipulated by the Company’s respective trust agreements that are generated by the trusts over the life of the preneed contracts and allocated to those products and services delivered during the relevant periods. Trust management fees included in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1,483 and $1,292, respectively, and funeral trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered included in funeral revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $2,576 and $2,853, respectively. Trust management fees included in cemetery revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $1,757 and $1,504, respectively, and cemetery trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered included in cemetery revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 were $755 and $788, respectively.

A reconciliation of total segment gross profit to total earnings from continuing operations before income taxes for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Gross profit for reportable segments	$	32,316		$	25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(7,388	)		(6,692	)
Restructuring and other charges		(81	)		—
Net gain on dispositions		721			343
Other operating income, net		921			194
Interest expense		(5,916	)		(5,867	)
Investment and other income, net		124			46
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$	20,697		$	13,420

The table below presents total net preneed merchandise and services sales for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012.

	Total Net Preneed Merchandise and Service Sales(1)
	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013		Three Months Ended January  31, 2012
Funeral	$	21,098	$	22,751
Cemetery		10,792		11,807
Total	$	31,890	$	34,558

⁽¹⁾  Preneed sales amounts represent total preneed funeral trust and insurance sales and cemetery service and merchandise trust sales generated in the applicable period, net of cancellations. Preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and service sales are deferred until a future period and have no impact on current revenues.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Components of accumulated other comprehensive income
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Beginning balance	$ 42
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net of deferred tax (expense) benefit of $12 and ($2), respectively	(21)	5
Reduction in net unrealized losses associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts	24,641
Reclassification of the net unrealized losses activity attributable to the deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts' corpus	(24,641)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Ending Balance	$ 21

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net of deferred tax (expense) benefit	$ 12	$ (2)

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Preneed Funeral Activities

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Preneed Funeral Activities [Abstract]

Preneed Funeral Activities

(3) Preneed Funeral Activities

The Company maintains three types of trust and escrow accounts: (1) preneed funeral merchandise and services, (2) preneed cemetery merchandise and services and (3) cemetery perpetual care. The activity of these trust and escrow accounts is detailed below and in Notes 4 and 5.

Preneed Funeral Receivables and Trust Investments

Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments represent trust assets and customer receivables related to unperformed, price-guaranteed trust-funded preneed funeral contracts. The components of preneed funeral receivables and trust investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
Trust assets	$	407,925		$	397,875
Receivables from customers		44,273			44,959
		452,198			442,834
Allowance for cancellations		(10,415	)		(10,412	)
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	$	441,783		$	432,422

The cost basis and market values associated with preneed funeral merchandise and services trust assets as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	40,580	$	—	$	—		$	40,580
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		6,326		—		—			6,326
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,657		73		—			1,730
Corporate bonds	2		15,107		1,428		(37	)		16,498
Preferred stocks	2		33,314		1,111		(540	)		33,885
Common stocks	1		206,520		8,293		(36,301	)		178,512
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		13,751		1,094		(1,131	)		13,714
Fixed income	1		95,221		1,333		(1,083	)		95,471
Commodity	1		9,012		—		(2,011	)		7,001
Real estate investment trusts	1		5,013		332		(23	)		5,322
Master limited partnerships	1		2,049		83		—			2,132
Insurance contracts and other	3		5,410		184		—			5,594
Trust investments		$	433,960	$	13,931	$	(41,126	)	$	406,765
Market value as a percentage of cost											93.7	%
Accrued investment income										1,160
Trust assets									$	407,925

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	2,266
Due in one to five years		12,626
Due in five to ten years		2,829
Thereafter		507
	$	18,228

The cost basis and market values associated with preneed funeral merchandise and services trust assets as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	24,501	$	—	$	—		$	24,501
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		6,775		—		—			6,775
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,657		79		—			1,736
Corporate bonds	2		18,946		1,580		—			20,526
Preferred stocks	2		34,939		1,099		(688	)		35,350
Common stocks	1		196,745		4,598		(42,568	)		158,775
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		18,471		1,007		(1,494	)		17,984
Fixed income	1		96,021		3,271		(570	)		98,722
Commodity	1		13,412		—		(2,864	)		10,548
Real estate investment trusts	1		8,737		564		(9	)		9,292
Master limited partnerships	1		6,867		1		(26	)		6,842
Insurance contracts and other	3		5,372		168		—			5,540
Trust investments		$	432,443	$	12,367	$	(48,219	)	$	396,591
Market value as a percentage of cost											91.7	%
Accrued investment income										1,284
Trust assets									$	397,875

The Company periodically manages a covered call program on its equity securities within the preneed funeral merchandise and services trust in order to reduce the exposure and volatility of equity securities as well as provide an opportunity for additional income. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had outstanding covered calls with a market value of $220 and $379, respectively. Covered calls are included at market value in the balance sheet line “preneed funeral receivables and trust investments.” For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company realized trust (losses) earnings of approximately ($220) and $4, respectively, related to the covered call program. These trust earnings and losses are accounted for in the same manner as other funeral merchandise and services trust earnings and losses and flow through funeral revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings as the underlying service or merchandise are actually performed or delivered. Although the Company realized losses associated with the covered call program for the three months ended January 31, 2013, it continued to hold the underlying securities against which these covered calls were issued; these underlying securities appreciated in value by $596 for the three months ended January 31, 2013.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, investments held by the trusts are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy. The Company’s Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stocks and mutual funds.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, then fair values are estimated by using quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics. These investments are primarily U. S. Government, agencies and municipalities, corporate bonds, convertible bonds and preferred stocks, all of which are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

The Company’s Level 3 investments include insurance contracts and partnership investments purchased within the trusts. The valuation of insurance contracts and partnership investments requires significant management judgment due to the absence of quoted prices, inherent lack of liquidity and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair market value of the insurance contracts is based upon the current face value of the contracts according to the respective insurance carriers, which is deemed to approximate fair market value. The fair market value of the partnership investments was determined by using their most recent audited financial statements and assessing the market value of the underlying securities within the partnership.

The change in the Company’s preneed funeral merchandise and services trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012
Fair market value, beginning balance	$	5,540	$	5,868
Distributions and other, net		54		(104	)
Fair market value, ending balance	$	5,594	$	5,764

Activity related to preneed funeral trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	86,296		$	16,919
Sales		105,243			4,527
Realized gains from sales of investments		6,440			327
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(3,172	)(1)		(115	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		3,287			4,938
Deposits (2)		5,992			5,588
Withdrawals (2)		9,036			8,599

⁽¹⁾  Includes $1,417 in losses from the sale of investments and $1,755 in losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

⁽²⁾  The Company historically sold a significant portion of its preneed funeral sales through trust-funded price-guaranteed contracts. Over time, the mix has shifted to a more significant portion being sold using insurance, particularly in states where the trusting requirements are high.

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the preneed funeral merchandise and services trust investments with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds	$	523	$	(37	)	$	—	$	—		$	523	$	(37	)
Preferred stocks		2,784		(270	)		3,405		(270	)		6,189		(540	)
Common stocks		26,685		(1,518	)		73,854		(34,783	)		100,539		(36,301	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		—		—			3,702		(1,131	)		3,702		(1,131	)
Fixed income		46,568		(508	)		3,451		(575	)		50,019		(1,083	)
Commodity		—		—			7,001		(2,011	)		7,001		(2,011	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,654		(23	)		—		—			2,654		(23	)
Total	$	79,214	$	(2,356	)	$	91,413	$	(38,770	)	$	170,627	$	(41,126	)
	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Preferred stocks	$	5,707	$	(170	)	$	6,923	$	(518	)	$	12,630	$	(688	)
Common stocks		34,686		(2,241	)		76,621		(40,327	)		111,307		(42,568	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		2,467		(24	)		3,363		(1,470	)		5,830		(1,494	)
Fixed income		7,054		(11	)		3,684		(559	)		10,738		(570	)
Commodity		—		—			10,547		(2,864	)		10,547		(2,864	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,005		(9	)		—		—			2,005		(9	)
Master limited partnerships		5,281		(26	)		—		—			5,281		(26	)
Total	$	57,200	$	(2,481	)	$	101,138	$	(45,738	)	$	158,338	$	(48,219	)

The unrealized losses in the preneed funeral merchandise and services trust portfolio are not considered to be other than temporary. For a discussion of the Company’s policies for determining whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired, see Note 2(k) to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Of the total unrealized losses at January 31, 2013, 88 percent, or $36,301, were generated by investments in common stock. Most of the common stock investments are part of the S&P 500 Index. The Company generally expects its portfolio performance to improve if the performance of the overall financial market improves, but would also expect its performance to deteriorate if the overall financial market declines. The Company believes it has the intent and ability to hold these investments until they recover in value.

The Company’s policy for recognizing trust income follows the allocation of trust earnings to individual contracts as stipulated in the Company’s respective trust agreements. In substantially all of the Company’s trusts, trust earnings, which include dividends and interest earned and net capital gains and losses (including losses from other-than-temporary impairments of securities) realized by preneed funeral trust or escrow accounts net of fees, are allocated to individual contracts as earned or realized. In these trusts, unrealized gains and losses are not allocated to the underlying contracts. The trust earnings allocated to individual contracts are recognized as components of revenue along with the original contract sales price when the underlying service or merchandise is actually performed or delivered. Principal and earnings are withdrawn only as the merchandise or services are delivered or contracts are cancelled, except in jurisdictions that permit trust earnings to be withdrawn currently.

Cash flows from preneed funeral contracts are presented as operating cash flows in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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New Accounting Principles

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

New Accounting Principles [Abstract]

New Accounting Principles

(2) New Accounting Principles

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-05 regarding the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance amends the previous application of comprehensive income and the requirements regarding presentation in the financial statements. It requires the disclosure of the components of comprehensive income, which the Company disclosed in other sections of its filings, to be presented as part of one statement of comprehensive income, or as a separate statement of comprehensive income following the statement of earnings. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12 which temporarily deferred those changes in ASU No. 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income. In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02 which clarifies the reporting requirements of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. This guidance is effective for fiscal years (and interim periods within such years) beginning after December 15, 2011, which corresponds to the Company’s first fiscal quarter beginning November 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance by the Company had no impact on its financial condition or results of operations. The Company now includes a separate statement of comprehensive income within its financial statements. See additional required disclosures in Note 13.

In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU No. 2012-02 regarding subsequent measurement guidance for long lived intangibles. This guidance is meant to reduce the cost and complexity of performing an impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets. This guidance is effective for annual and interim tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012, which corresponds to the Company’s first fiscal quarter beginning November 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance by the Company had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Restructuring and Other Charges

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Restructuring and Other Charges [Abstract]

Restructuring and Other Charges

(14) Restructuring and Other Charges

In April 2012, the Company announced an organizational restructuring as well as a separate workforce reduction. The organizational restructuring involved the integration of management of operations and sales and a complete restructuring of the Company’s sales force. The Company realigned its geographic regions and appointed one regional vice president who is responsible for funeral and cemetery operations and sales in each region. Formerly, the Company had different managers responsible for operations and sales. In addition, the Company engaged in an across-the-board redesign of its sales organization. The Company eliminated layers of sales management, redefined sales roles, and in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, completed the restructuring with the implementation of a new compensation program. Separately in April 2012, the Company reduced its workforce by approximately 60 employees, primarily in corporate support services. Total expenses related to the organizational restructuring and workforce reduction consist primarily of separation pay and termination benefits and other non-cash asset impairments associated with the sales restructuring. The Company recorded $3,291 in charges related to the restructuring and workforce reduction during the year ended October 31, 2012 and $81 during the three months ended January 31, 2013 These charges are in the “restructuring and other charges” line in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings. As of January 31, 2013, the Company does not expect to incur any material additional costs related to the restructuring. The following table summarizes the activity related to the restructuring liability for the three months ended January 31, 2013:

Restructuring liability as of October 31, 2012	$	206
Additional restructuring costs incurred		81
Cash payments		(287	)
Restructuring liability as of January 31, 2013	$	—

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Supplementary Information

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Supplementary Information [Abstract]

Supplementary Information

(10) Supplementary Information

The detail of certain income statement accounts is as follows for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012.

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012
Service revenue
Funeral	$	53,554	$	49,034
Cemetery		19,504		16,219
		73,058		65,253
Merchandise revenue
Funeral		22,541		21,093
Cemetery		34,971		33,230
		57,512		54,323
Other revenue
Funeral		1,970		1,884
Cemetery		3,141		3,364
		5,111		5,248
Total revenue	$	135,681	$	124,824
Service costs
Funeral	$	17,917	$	17,021
Cemetery		11,945		10,485
		29,862		27,506
Merchandise costs
Funeral		14,881		13,964
Cemetery		20,320		21,684
		35,201		35,648
Facility expenses
Funeral		23,866		22,369
Cemetery		14,436		13,905
		38,302		36,274
Total costs	$	103,365	$	99,428

Service revenue includes funeral service revenue, funeral trust earnings, insurance commission revenue, burial site openings and closings and perpetual care trust earnings. Merchandise revenue includes funeral merchandise revenue, flower sales, cemetery property sales revenue, cemetery merchandise delivery revenue and merchandise trust earnings. Other revenue consists of finance charge revenue and trust management fees. Service costs include the direct costs associated with service revenue and preneed selling costs associated with preneed service sales. Merchandise costs include the direct costs associated with merchandise revenue and preneed selling costs associated with preneed merchandise sales.

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Long-term Debt (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Long-term debt
Total long-term debt	$ 322,954	$ 321,893
Less current maturities	6	6
Long-term debt	322,948	321,887
3.125% senior convertible notes due 2014 [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member]
Long-term debt
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	82,405	81,659
3.375% senior convertible notes due 2016 [Member] | Unsecured Debt [Member]
Long-term debt
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	40,471	40,154
Senior secured revolving credit facility [Member]
Long-term debt
Line of Credit Facility Amount Outstanding
6.50% senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Long-term debt
Senior Notes, Total	200,000	200,000
Seller financing of acquired operations [Member]
Long-term debt
Secured Debt Other	$ 78	$ 80

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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus [Abstract]

Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus

(6) Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts’ Corpus

The components of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at January 31, 2013 are as follows:

	Deferred Receipts Held in Trust
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
Trust assets at market value	$	407,925		$	206,224		$	614,149
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(9,586	)		(6,226	)		(15,812	)
Pending deposits		2,244			1,353			3,597
Deferred receipts held in trust	$	400,583		$	201,351		$	601,934

The components of perpetual care trusts’ corpus in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at January 31, 2013 are as follows:

	Perpetual Care Trusts’  Corpus
Trust assets at market value	$	270,293
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(3,390	)
Pending deposits		289
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus	$	267,192

The components of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	Deferred Receipts Held in Trust
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
Trust assets at market value	$	397,875		$	197,544		$	595,419
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(7,870	)		(6,345	)		(14,215	)
Pending deposits		2,333			1,627			3,960
Deferred receipts held in trust	$	392,338		$	192,826		$	585,164

The components of perpetual care trusts’ corpus in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	Perpetual Care Trusts’  Corpus
Trust assets at market value	$	263,663
Less:
Pending withdrawals		(1,905	)
Pending deposits		125
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus	$	261,883

Investment and other income, net

The components of investment and other income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 are detailed below.

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Realized gains from sales of investments	$	11,944		$	2,867
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(5,634	)		(1,402	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		8,251			10,285
Trust expenses and income taxes		(3,056	)		(2,311	)
Net trust investment income		11,505			9,439
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		(7,685	)		(6,489	)
Reclassification to perpetual care trusts’ corpus		(3,820	)		(2,950	)
Total deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—			—
Investment and other income, net		124			46
Total investment and other income, net	$	124		$	46

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Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Investment Related Activities
Realized gains from sales of investments	$ 11,944	$ 2,867
Realized losses from sales of investments and other	(5,634)	(1,402)
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member]
Investment Related Activities
Purchases	60,455	27,979
Sales	68,413	28,132
Realized gains from sales of investments	2,971	2,320
Realized losses from sales of investments and other	(1,224)	(1,203)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income	2,982	2,651
Deposits	1,889	2,127
Withdrawals	$ 2,844	$ 2,369

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Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities [Abstract]

Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities

(4) Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Service Activities

Preneed Cemetery Receivables and Trust Investments

Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments represent trust assets and customer receivables for contracts sold in advance of when the merchandise or service is needed. The receivables related to the sale of preneed property interment rights are included in the Company’s current and long-term receivables. The components of preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows:

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
Trust assets	$	206,224		$	197,544
Receivables from customers		29,333			29,594
		235,557			227,138
Allowance for cancellations		(2,043	)		(2,090	)
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	$	233,514		$	225,048

The cost basis and market values associated with the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust assets as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	14,184	$	—	$	—		$	14,184
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		450		—		—			450
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,527		102		—			1,629
Corporate bonds	2		1,922		137		—			2,059
Preferred stocks	2		12,540		593		(248	)		12,885
Common stocks	1		106,025		3,992		(23,908	)		86,109
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		23,102		178		(5,097	)		18,183
Fixed income	1		52,621		521		(389	)		52,753
Commodity	1		8,693		—		(2,049	)		6,644
Master limited partnerships	1		7,282		253		—			7,535
Real estate investment trusts	1		3,178		39		(20	)		3,197
Trust investments		$	231,524	$	5,815	$	(31,711	)	$	205,628
Market value as a percentage of cost											88.8	%
Accrued investment income										596
Trust assets									$	206,224

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	235
Due in one to five years		2,024
Due in five to ten years		1,095
Thereafter		334
	$	3,688

The cost basis and market values associated with the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust assets as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	9,099	$	—	$	—		$	9,099
Long-term certificate of deposit investments	1		487		—		—			487
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		1,568		115		—			1,683
Corporate bonds	2		1,981		156		—			2,137
Preferred stocks	2		12,790		142		—			12,932
Common stocks	1		104,170		1,931		(27,687	)		78,414
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		23,818		201		(6,253	)		17,766
Fixed income	1		53,572		857		(16	)		54,413
Commodity	1		8,693		—		(1,991	)		6,702
Real estate investment trusts	1		3,021		—		(14	)		3,007
Master limited partnerships	1		10,303		—		(67	)		10,236
Trust investments		$	229,502	$	3,402	$	(36,028	)	$	196,876
Market value as a percentage of cost											85.8	%
Accrued investment income										668
Trust assets									$	197,544

The Company periodically manages a covered call program on its equity securities within the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust in order to reduce the exposure and volatility of equity securities as well as provide an opportunity for additional income. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had outstanding covered calls with a market value of $156 and $171, respectively. Covered calls are included at market value in the balance sheet line “preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments.” For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company realized trust (losses) earnings of approximately ($150) and $5, respectively, related to the covered call program. These trust earnings and losses are accounted for in the same manner as other cemetery merchandise and services trust earnings and losses and flow through cemetery revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings as the underlying service or merchandise are actually performed or delivered. Although the Company realized losses associated with the covered call program for the three months ended January 31, 2013, it continued to hold the underlying securities against which these covered calls were issued; these underlying securities appreciated in value by $378 for the three months ended January 31, 2013.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, investments held by the trusts are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy. The Company’s Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stocks and mutual funds.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, then fair values are estimated by using quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics. These investments are U. S. Government, agencies and municipalities, corporate bonds, convertible bonds and preferred stocks, all of which are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

There are no Level 3 investments in the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investment portfolio.

Activity related to preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	33,785		$	3,283
Sales		38,103			1,959
Realized gains from sales of investments		2,533			220
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(1,238	)(1)		(84	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		1,982			2,696
Deposits		4,459			4,332
Withdrawals		4,856			4,454

⁽¹⁾  Includes $250 in losses from the sale of investments and $988 in the losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust investments aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Preferred stocks	$	887	$	(57	)	$	1,953	$	(191	)	$	2,840	$	(248	)
Common stocks		12,370		(1,058	)		38,479		(22,850	)		50,849		(23,908	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		—		—			12,894		(5,097	)		12,894		(5,097	)
Fixed income		28,321		(389	)		—		—			28,321		(389	)
Commodity		—		—			6,645		(2,049	)		6,645		(2,049	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,231		(20	)		—		—			2,231		(20	)
Total	$	43,809	$	(1,524	)	$	59,971	$	(30,187	)	$	103,780	$	(31,711	)

	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Common stocks	$	18,856	$	(1,271	)	$	37,775	$	(26,416	)	$	56,631	$	(27,687	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		1,868		(14	)		11,756		(6,239	)		13,624		(6,253	)
Fixed income		11,014		(16	)		—		—			11,014		(16	)
Commodity		—		—			6,703		(1,991	)		6,703		(1,991	)
Real estate investment trusts		3,007		(14	)		—		—			3,007		(14	)
Master limited partnerships		10,236		(67	)		—		—			10,236		(67	)
Total	$	44,981	$	(1,382	)	$	56,234	$	(34,646	)	$	101,215	$	(36,028	)

The unrealized losses in the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust portfolio are not considered to be other than temporary. For a discussion of the Company’s policies for determining whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired, see Note 2(k) to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Of the total unrealized losses at January 31, 2013, 91 percent, or $29,005, were generated by common stock and mutual fund-equity investments. Most of the common stock investments are part of the S&P 500 Index, and the mutual fund-equity investments are invested in small-cap, mid-cap and international mutual funds that are highly diversified. The Company generally expects its portfolio performance to improve if the performance of the overall financial market improves, but would also expect its performance to deteriorate if the overall financial market declines. The Company believes it has the intent and ability to hold these investments until they recover in value.

The Company’s policy for recognizing trust income follows the allocation of trust earnings to individual contracts as stipulated in the Company’s respective trust agreements. In substantially all of the Company’s trusts, trust earnings, which include dividends and interest earned and net capital gains and losses (including losses from other-than-temporary impairments of securities) realized by preneed cemetery trust or escrow accounts net of fees, are allocated to individual contracts as earned or realized. In these trusts, unrealized gains and losses are not allocated to the underlying contracts. The trust earnings allocated to individual contracts are recognized as components of revenue along with the original contract sales price when the underlying service or merchandise is actually performed or delivered. Principal and earnings are withdrawn only as the merchandise or services are delivered or contracts are cancelled, except in jurisdictions that permit trust earnings to be withdrawn currently.

Cash flows from preneed cemetery merchandise and services contracts are presented as operating cash flows in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts [Abstract]

Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts

(5) Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts

Earnings from cemetery perpetual care trust investments that the Company is legally permitted to withdraw are recognized as current cemetery revenues and are used to defray cemetery maintenance costs which are expensed as incurred. Recognized earnings related to these cemetery perpetual care trust investments were $4,242 and $2,994 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The cost basis and market values of the trust investments held by the cemetery perpetual care trusts as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	January 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	24,716	$	—	$	—		$	24,716
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		4,651		213		(1	)		4,863
Corporate bonds	2		24,293		1,116		(147	)		25,262
Preferred stocks	2		26,002		1,547		(617	)		26,932
Common stocks	1		86,556		4,935		(15,171	)		76,320
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		17,340		1,479		(373	)		18,446
Fixed income	1		77,530		2,300		(1,156	)		78,674
Commodity	1		4,595		5		(499	)		4,101
Real estate investment trusts	1		9,113		1,006		(20	)		10,099
Other	3		47		—		—			47
Trust investments		$	274,843	$	12,601	$	(17,984	)	$	269,460
Market value as a percentage of cost											98.0	%
Accrued investment income										833
Trust assets									$	270,293

The estimated maturities and market values of debt securities included above are as follows:

	January 31, 2013
Due in one year or less	$	3,540
Due in one to five years		14,411
Due in five to ten years		7,962
Thereafter		4,212
	$	30,125

The cost basis and market values of the trust investments held by the cemetery perpetual care trusts as of October 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	October 31, 2012
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Market
Cash, money market and other short-term investments	1	$	16,856	$	—	$	—		$	16,856
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	2		5,089		250		—			5,339
Corporate bonds	2		26,479		1,409		(828	)		27,060
Preferred stocks	2		33,476		552		(2,069	)		31,959
Common stocks	1		90,085		3,017		(19,440	)		73,662
Mutual funds:
Equity	1		17,204		1,164		(521	)		17,847
Fixed income	1		74,762		2,400		(713	)		76,449
Commodity	1		4,591		6		(463	)		4,134
Real estate investment trusts	1		8,792		614		(15	)		9,391
Other	3		47		—		—			47
Trust investments		$	277,381	$	9,412	$	(24,049	)	$	262,744
Market value as a percentage of cost											94.7	%
Accrued investment income										919
Trust assets									$	263,663

The Company periodically manages a covered call program on its equity securities within the cemetery perpetual care trust in order to reduce the exposure and volatility of equity securities as well as provide an opportunity for additional income. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had outstanding covered calls with a market value of $119 and $131, respectively. Covered calls are included at market value in the balance sheet line “cemetery perpetual care trust investments.” For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company realized trust (losses) earnings of approximately ($98) and $5, respectively, related to the covered call program. These trust earnings and losses are accounted for in the same manner as other cemetery perpetual care trust earnings and losses and flow through cemetery revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings. Although the Company realized losses associated with the covered call program for the three months ended January 31, 2013, it continued to hold the underlying securities against which these covered calls were issued; these underlying securities appreciated in value by $365 for the three months ended January 31, 2013.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, investments held by the trusts are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy. The Company’s Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stocks and mutual funds.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, then fair values are estimated by using quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics. These investments are primarily U. S. Government, agencies and municipalities, corporate bonds, convertible bonds and preferred stocks, all of which are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

The Company’s Level 3 investments include an investment in a partnership. The valuation of partnership investments requires significant management judgment due to the absence of quoted prices, inherent lack of liquidity and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair market value of the partnership investment was determined by using its most recent audited financial statements and assessing the market value of the underlying securities within the partnership.

In states where the Company withdraws and recognizes capital gains in its cemetery perpetual care trusts, if it realizes subsequent net capital losses (i.e., losses in excess of capital gains in the trust) and the fair market value of the trust assets is less than the aggregate amounts required to be contributed to the trust, some states may require the Company to make cash deposits to the trusts or may require the Company to stop withdrawing earnings until future earnings restore the initial corpus. As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company had a liability recorded for the estimated probable funding obligation to restore the net realized losses of $11,956 and $11,965, respectively. The Company recorded an additional $642 for the estimated probable funding obligation to restore the net realized losses in the cemetery perpetual care trust for the three months ended January 31, 2012. The Company had earnings of $9 and $475 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, within the trusts that it did not withdraw from the trusts in order to satisfy a portion of its estimated probable funding obligation. In those states where realized net capital gains have not been withdrawn, the Company believes it is reasonably possible but not probable that additional funding obligations may exist with an estimated amount of $2,110; no charge has been recorded for these amounts as of January 31, 2013.

Activity related to preneed cemetery perpetual care trust investments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013			2012
Purchases	$	60,455		$	27,979
Sales		68,413			28,132
Realized gains from sales of investments		2,971			2,320
Realized losses from sales of investments and other		(1,224	)(1)		(1,203	)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income		2,982			2,651
Deposits		1,889			2,127
Withdrawals		2,844			2,369

⁽¹⁾  Includes $167 in losses from the sale of investments and $1,057 in the losses related to certain investments that the Company determined it no longer had the ability and intent to hold until they recover in value.

During the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, cemetery revenues were $57,616 and $52,813, respectively, of which $2,235 and $2,059, respectively, were required to be placed into perpetual care trusts and were recorded as revenues and expenses.

The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the cemetery perpetual care trust investments with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012.

	January 31, 2013
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities	$	14	$	(1	)	$	—	$	—		$	14	$	(1	)
Corporate bonds		6,385		(137	)		427		(10	)		6,812		(147	)
Preferred stocks		1,812		(84	)		5,353		(533	)		7,165		(617	)
Common stocks		10,627		(384	)		28,236		(14,787	)		38,863		(15,171	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		210		(6	)		1,269		(367	)		1,479		(373	)
Fixed income		21,169		(200	)		13,014		(956	)		34,183		(1,156	)
Commodity		1,369		(20	)		2,715		(479	)		4,084		(499	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,489		(20	)		—		—			2,489		(20	)
Total	$	44,075	$	(852	)	$	51,014	$	(17,132	)	$	95,089	$	(17,984	)

	October 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds	$	4,736	$	(80	)	$	276	$	(748	)	$	5,012	$	(828	)
Preferred stocks		4,076		(54	)		6,492		(2,015	)		10,568		(2,069	)
Common stocks		19,623		(704	)		32,424		(18,736	)		52,047		(19,440	)
Mutual funds:
Equity		3,405		(40	)		1,169		(481	)		4,574		(521	)
Fixed income		7,267		(12	)		14,517		(701	)		21,784		(713	)
Commodity		2,559		(234	)		1,539		(229	)		4,098		(463	)
Real estate investment trusts		2,106		(15	)		—		—			2,106		(15	)
Total	$	43,772	$	(1,139	)	$	56,417	$	(22,910	)	$	100,189	$	(24,049	)

The unrealized losses in the cemetery perpetual care trust portfolio are not considered to be other than temporary. For a discussion of the Company’s policies for determining whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired, see Note 2(k) to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Of the total unrealized losses at January 31, 2013, 84 percent, or $15,171, were generated by common stock. Most of the common stock investments are part of the S&P 500 Index. The Company generally expects its portfolio performance to improve if the performance of the overall financial market improves, but would also expect its performance to deteriorate if the overall financial market declines. The Company believes it has the intent and ability to hold these investments until they recover in value.

Cash flows from cemetery perpetual care contracts are presented as operating cash flows in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

(7) Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is a defendant in a variety of litigation matters that have arisen in the ordinary course of business, which are covered by insurance or otherwise not considered to be material. The Company carries insurance with coverages and coverage limits that it believes to be adequate.

Other Commitments and Contingencies

In those states where the Company has withdrawn realized net capital gains in the past from its cemetery perpetual care trusts, regulators may seek replenishment of subsequent realized net capital losses either by requiring a cash deposit to the trust or by prohibiting or restricting withdrawals of future earnings until they restore the initial corpus. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had $11,956 recorded as a liability for the estimated probable funding obligation. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had net unrealized losses of approximately $11,978 in the cemetery perpetual care trusts in these states that could be subject to a future funding obligation. Because some of these trusts currently have assets with a fair market value less than the aggregate amounts required to be contributed to the trust, any additional realized net capital losses in these trusts may result in an additional corresponding funding liability and increase in cemetery costs.

From time to time, contracts are presented to the Company relating to contracts sold prior to the time the Company acquired certain businesses for which the Company was previously unaware. In addition, from time to time, the Company has identified in its backlog certain contracts in which services or merchandise have previously been delivered but the revenue was not yet recognized. Using historical trends and statistical analyses, the Company has recorded an estimated net debit for these items of approximately $0.8 million and $0.3 million as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.

The Company is required to maintain a bond ($23,456 as of January 31, 2013) to guarantee its obligations relating to funds the Company withdrew in fiscal year 2001 from its preneed funeral trusts in Florida. This amount would become senior secured debt if the Company was required to borrow funds under the senior secured revolving credit facility and return to the trusts the amounts it previously withdrew that relate to the remaining undelivered preneed contracts in lieu of this bond.

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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Less:
Pending withdrawals	$ (15,812)	$ (14,215)
Pending deposits	3,597	3,960
Perpetual care trusts' corpus	267,192	261,883
Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus [Member]
Components of Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus
Trust Assets at Market Value	270,293	263,663
Less:
Pending withdrawals	(3,390)	(1,905)
Pending deposits	289	125
Perpetual care trusts' corpus	$ 267,192	$ 261,883

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Long-term Debt (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Long-term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Weighted average interest rate	8.00%
3.125% senior convertible notes due 2014 [Member]
Long-term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Interest rate on notes	3.125%
Debt instrument, Unamortized discount	$ 4,011	$ 4,757
Debt instrument maturity year	2014
Debt instrument carrying amount including Accrued interest	82,525
Debt, Fair Value	88,324
Debt instrument face amount	86,416
3.375% senior convertible notes due 2016 [Member]
Long-term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Interest rate on notes	3.375%
Debt instrument, Unamortized discount	4,648	4,965
Debt instrument maturity year	2016
Debt instrument carrying amount including Accrued interest	40,539
Debt, Fair Value	46,755
Debt instrument face amount	45,119
6.50% senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Long-term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Interest rate on notes	6.50%
Debt instrument maturity year	2019
Debt instrument carrying amount including Accrued interest	203,792
Debt, Fair Value	$ 218,058

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Estimated obligation to fund cemetery perpetual care trust	$ 11,956,000	$ 11,965,000
Net unrealized losses in cemetery perpetual care trusts that could be subject to future funding obligation	11,978,000
Estimated net debit (credit) for not in system and other contracts	800,000	300,000
Bond value to guarantee obligations	$ 23,456,000

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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Perpetual Care Trusts' Corpus (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Component of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust
Trust Assets at Fair Value	$ 614,149	$ 595,419
Less:
Pending withdrawals	(15,812)	(14,215)
Pending deposits	3,597	3,960
Deferred receipts held in trust	601,934	585,164
Funeral [Member]
Component of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust
Trust Assets at Fair Value	407,925	397,875
Less:
Pending withdrawals	(9,586)	(7,870)
Pending deposits	2,244	2,333
Deferred receipts held in trust	400,583	392,338
Cemetery [Member]
Component of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust
Trust Assets at Fair Value	206,224	197,544
Less:
Pending withdrawals	(6,226)	(6,345)
Pending deposits	1,353	1,627
Deferred receipts held in trust	$ 201,351	$ 192,826

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Supplementary Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Supplementary Information [Abstract]

Supplementary details of income statement accounts

The detail of certain income statement accounts is as follows for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012.

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2013		2012
Service revenue
Funeral	$	53,554	$	49,034
Cemetery		19,504		16,219
		73,058		65,253
Merchandise revenue
Funeral		22,541		21,093
Cemetery		34,971		33,230
		57,512		54,323
Other revenue
Funeral		1,970		1,884
Cemetery		3,141		3,364
		5,111		5,248
Total revenue	$	135,681	$	124,824
Service costs
Funeral	$	17,917	$	17,021
Cemetery		11,945		10,485
		29,862		27,506
Merchandise costs
Funeral		14,881		13,964
Cemetery		20,320		21,684
		35,201		35,648
Facility expenses
Funeral		23,866		22,369
Cemetery		14,436		13,905
		38,302		36,274
Total costs	$	103,365	$	99,428

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013 Account	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Preneed funeral activities (Textual) [Abstract]
Unrealized Losses of Investments Comprising Majority of Total Unrealized Losses	$ 36,301
Preneed Funeral Activities [Member]
Preneed funeral activities (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of trust and escrow accounts	3
Outstanding covered calls with market value	220		379
Available for Sale Securities Gross Realized Gain Loss Excluding Other Than Temporary Impairments	(220)	4
Appreciation of securities underlying call options	596
Unrealized Losses, In Percentage	88.00%
Losses from the sale of investments	1,417
Other than temporary investment losses	$ 1,755

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Dispositions

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Dispositions [Abstract]

Dispositions

(12) Dispositions

During the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded net gains on dispositions of $721 and $343, respectively, due to the sale of funeral homes.

In April 2012, the Company designated a business as held for sale, recorded impairment charges related to the business and classified its operations as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The loss from discontinued operations before income taxes for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 was $88 and $367, respectively.

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Basis of Presentation (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

The Company

(a) The Company

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) is a provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States and Puerto Rico. Through its subsidiaries, the Company offers a complete line of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and services, both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. As of January 31, 2013, the Company owned and operated 216 funeral homes and 141 cemeteries in 24 states within the United States and Puerto Rico. The Company has three operating and reportable segments consisting of a funeral segment, a cemetery segment and a corporate trust management segment.

Principles of Consolidation

(b) Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Interim Disclosures

(c) Interim Disclosures

The information as of January 31, 2013, and for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, is unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflects all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”).

The October 31, 2012 condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which are presented in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K.

The results of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2013.

Use of Estimates

(d) Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates are disclosed in Note 2 in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K.

Share-Based Compensation

(e) Share-Based Compensation

The Company has share-based compensation plans, which are described in more detail in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Stock option expense is reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings and amounted to $472 and $373 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, there was $4,929 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.1 years. Total stock option expense for fiscal year 2013 is expected to be approximately $1,800. The expense related to restricted stock is reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings and amounted to $376 and $334 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, there was $2,925 of remaining future restricted stock expense to be recognized. Total restricted stock expense for fiscal year 2013 is expected to be approximately $2,100.

During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company issued 17,116 shares of Class A common stock which amounted to $133 and paid approximately $437 in cash to the independent directors of the Company. During the three months ended January 31, 2012, the Company issued 67,853 shares of Class A common stock which amounted to $437 and paid approximately $133 in cash to the independent directors of the Company. The total expenses related to these annual grants are reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings. All of the shares issued have a restriction requiring each independent director to hold the respective shares until completion of service as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

The table below presents all stock options and restricted stock granted to employees during the three months ended January 31, 2013:

Grant Type	Number of  Shares Granted		Weighted Average Price per  Share		Vesting Period	Vesting Condition
Stock options		1,256,500	$	7.36	Equal one-fourth portions over 4 years	Service condition
Restricted stock		516,500	$	7.36	Equal one-third portions over 3 years	Market condition

The fair value of the Company’s service based stock options granted in fiscal year 2013 is the estimated present value at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for the three months ended January 31, 2013: expected dividend yield of 2.2 percent; expected volatility of 37.6 percent; risk-free interest rate of 1.1 percent; and an expected term of 6.3 years. During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company granted 516,500 shares of restricted stock with market conditions based on achieving certain specified target stock prices in the fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015. The market condition related to fiscal year 2013 was achieved. The Company records the expense over the requisite service period.

Purchase and Retirement of Common Stock

(f) Purchase and Retirement of Common Stock

Share repurchases are recorded at stated value with the amount in excess of stated value recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. Share repurchases reduce the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period.

In September 2007, the Company announced a stock repurchase program, authorizing the investment of up to $25,000 in the repurchase of the Company’s common stock. The program was increased by $25,000 in December 2007, June 2008, June 2011 and September 2011, resulting in a $125,000 program. Repurchases under the program are limited to the Company’s Class A common stock, and can be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at such times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate, depending upon market conditions and other factors. During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company repurchased 245,118 shares of its Class A common stock for $1,826 at an average price of $7.45 per share. As of January 31, 2013, the Company has repurchased 16,172,850 shares of its Class A common stock since the start of the program for $110,381 at an average price of $6.83 per share and has $14,619 remaining authorized under this program.

Dividends

(g) Dividends

In March 2005, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend of two and one-half cents per share of Class A and B common stock. In September 2009, June 2011 and March 2012, the Company announced that it had increased its quarterly dividend rate by one half cent per share. As of March 2012, the quarterly dividend rate is four cents per share of Class A and B common stock. Although the Company intends to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, the declaration and payment of future dividends are discretionary and will be subject to determination by the Board of Directors each quarter after its review of the Company’s financial performance. For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company paid $3,374 and $3,062, respectively, in dividends. The Company’s Board of Directors declared its first quarter 2013 dividend in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012, accelerating the payment to December of 2012.

Trade And Other Accounts Receivable Policy

(h) Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company establishes an allowance for uncollectible installment contracts and trade accounts based on a range of percentages applied to accounts receivable aging categories. These percentages are based on an analysis of the Company’s historical collection and write-off experience. At-need funeral and other receivables are considered past due after 30 days. The Company records an allowance on its interest accruals similar to the corresponding principal aging categories. For accounts that are greater than 90 days past due, interest continues to be accrued, however, an allowance is established to fully reserve this interest receivable. Interest income on these receivables is recognized only to the extent the account becomes less than 90 days past due and then only on the non-reserved portion. Accounts are restored to normal accrual status only when interest and principal payments are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company’s receivables and related allowances were as follows:

	Receivables as of January 31, 2013		Receivables as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral	$	10,374	$	8,120
Current receivables – other		48,579		48,380
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		76,686		77,873
Preneed funeral receivables		44,273		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		29,333		29,594
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926
Total current receivables		58,953		56,500
Total noncurrent receivables		150,292		152,426
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926

Other receivables are comprised primarily of receivables related to the sale of preneed property interment rights but also include income tax receivables and trade and other receivables.

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of January 31, 2013			Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	(4,617	)	$	(4,059	)
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		(5,419	)		(5,253	)
Preneed funeral receivables		(10,415	)		(10,412	)
Preneed cemetery receivables		(2,043	)		(2,090	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)
Total current receivables		(4,617	)		(4,059	)
Total noncurrent receivables		(17,877	)		(17,755	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2012		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2013
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,059		868		(310	)	$	4,617
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		5,253		1,018		(852	)		5,419
	$	9,312		1,886		(1,162	)	$	10,036
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2011		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2012
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,626		526		(562	)	$	4,590
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		7,118		752		(1,304	)		6,566
	$	11,744		1,278		(1,866	)	$	11,156

The Company establishes allowances for preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services trust receivables. Changes in these allowances have no effect on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings but are recorded as reductions in preneed receivables and preneed deferred revenue in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The following summarizes the Company’s receivables aging analysis:

	Receivables Aging Analysis as of January 31, 2013
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	5,474	$	1,873	$	701	$	2,326	$	10,374
Receivables – other		107,583		3,600		2,263		11,819		125,265
Preneed funeral receivables		32,418		687		459		10,709		44,273
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,490		851		534		2,458		29,333
	$	170,965	$	7,011	$	3,957	$	27,312	$	209,245
	Receivables Aging Analysis as of October 31, 2012
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	4,392	$	1,274	$	509	$	1,945	$	8,120
Receivables – other		107,602		4,239		2,491		11,921		126,253
Preneed funeral receivables		33,034		825		406		10,694		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,472		1,012		584		2,526		29,594
	$	170,500	$	7,350	$	3,990	$	27,086	$	208,926

Marketable Securities

(i) Marketable Securities

The market value of the Company’s marketable securities as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 was $15,653 and $11,514, respectively. Of the total marketable securities balance as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, $1,000 is classified as a long-term asset in “other assets” in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company is required by Texas statutes to maintain a minimal capital level of $1,000, of which at least 40 percent must be in readily marketable investments. The January 31, 2013 balance consists of $11,313 of Level 1 investments and $4,340 of Level 2 investments. The October 31, 2012 balance consists of $10,999 of Level 1 investments and $515 of Level 2 investments. Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stock and mutual funds. Level 2 investments include U.S. government, agencies and municipalities and corporate bonds. See Notes 3, 4 and 5 for a discussion of the investments in the Company’s preneed funeral merchandise and services trust, preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust and cemetery perpetual care trust.

Reclassifications

(j) Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2012 condensed consolidated financial statements in order for these periods to be comparable due to the reclassification of discontinued operations. These reclassifications had no effect on the Company’s net earnings, total shareholders’ equity or cash flows.

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Details 4) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Investment Related Activities
Realized gains from sales of investments	$ 11,944	$ 2,867
Realized losses from sales of investments and other	(5,634)	(1,402)
Preneed Funeral Activities [Member]
Investment Related Activities
Purchases	86,296	16,919
Sales	105,243	4,527
Realized gains from sales of investments	6,440	327
Realized losses from sales of investments and other	(3,172)	(115)
Interest income, dividends and other ordinary income	3,287	4,938
Deposits	5,992	5,588
Withdrawals	$ 9,036	$ 8,599

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Basis of Presentation (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Schedule
Current receivables - at-need funeral and other	$ (4,617)	$ (4,059)
Receivables, due beyond one year - other	(5,419)	(5,253)
Preneed funeral receivables	(10,415)	(10,412)
Preneed cemetery receivables	(2,043)	(2,090)
Total current receivables	(4,617)	(4,059)
Total noncurrent receivables	(17,877)	(17,755)
Total	$ (22,494)	$ (21,814)

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 63,356	$ 68,187
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	6,250	6,250
Marketable securities	14,653	10,514
Receivables, net of allowances	54,336	52,441
Inventories	36,537	36,495
Prepaid expenses	10,101	4,923
Deferred income taxes, net	22,862	30,671
Total current assets	208,095	209,481
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances	71,267	72,620
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	441,783	432,422
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments	233,514	225,048
Goodwill	249,584	249,584
Cemetery property, at cost	400,599	401,670
Property and equipment, at cost:
Land	49,765	49,085
Buildings	366,452	360,852
Equipment and other	205,741	204,971
Total property and equipment, at cost	621,958	614,908
Less accumulated depreciation	329,023	323,648
Net property and equipment	292,935	291,260
Deferred income taxes, net	65,994	62,125
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	270,293	263,663
Other assets	13,046	13,812
Total assets	2,247,110	2,221,685
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	6	6
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	23,572	25,214
Accrued payroll and other benefits	14,074	19,964
Accrued insurance	22,122	22,152
Accrued interest	4,254	2,161
Estimated obligation to fund cemetery perpetual care trust	11,956	11,965
Other current liabilities	8,590	14,723
Income taxes payable	1,589	1,004
Total current liabilities	86,163	97,189
Long-term debt, less current maturities	322,948	321,887
Deferred income taxes, net	4,201	4,931
Deferred preneed funeral revenue	239,681	240,415
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue	263,514	265,347
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	601,934	585,164
Perpetual care trusts' corpus	267,192	261,883
Other long-term liabilities	20,986	20,548
Total liabilities	1,806,619	1,797,364
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $1.00 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued
Common stock, $1.00 stated value:
Common Stock, Value	85,352	84,915
Additional paid-in capital	479,337	479,060
Accumulated deficit	(124,219)	(139,696)
Accumulated other comprehensive income :
Unrealized appreciation of investments	21	42
Total accumulated other comprehensive income	21	42
Total shareholders' equity	440,491	424,321
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	2,247,110	2,221,685
Common Class A
Common stock, $1.00 stated value:
Common Stock, Value	81,797	81,360
Common Class B
Common stock, $1.00 stated value:
Common Stock, Value	$ 3,555	$ 3,555

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Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

(1) Basis of Presentation

(a) The Company

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) is a provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States and Puerto Rico. Through its subsidiaries, the Company offers a complete line of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and services, both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. As of January 31, 2013, the Company owned and operated 216 funeral homes and 141 cemeteries in 24 states within the United States and Puerto Rico. The Company has three operating and reportable segments consisting of a funeral segment, a cemetery segment and a corporate trust management segment.

(b) Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

(c) Interim Disclosures

The information as of January 31, 2013, and for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, is unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflects all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”).

The October 31, 2012 condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which are presented in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K.

The results of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2013.

(d) Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates are disclosed in Note 2 in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K.

(e) Share-Based Compensation

The Company has share-based compensation plans, which are described in more detail in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2012 Form 10-K. Stock option expense is reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings and amounted to $472 and $373 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, there was $4,929 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.1 years. Total stock option expense for fiscal year 2013 is expected to be approximately $1,800. The expense related to restricted stock is reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings and amounted to $376 and $334 for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of January 31, 2013, there was $2,925 of remaining future restricted stock expense to be recognized. Total restricted stock expense for fiscal year 2013 is expected to be approximately $2,100.

During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company issued 17,116 shares of Class A common stock which amounted to $133 and paid approximately $437 in cash to the independent directors of the Company. During the three months ended January 31, 2012, the Company issued 67,853 shares of Class A common stock which amounted to $437 and paid approximately $133 in cash to the independent directors of the Company. The total expenses related to these annual grants are reflected in corporate general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings. All of the shares issued have a restriction requiring each independent director to hold the respective shares until completion of service as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

The table below presents all stock options and restricted stock granted to employees during the three months ended January 31, 2013:

Grant Type	Number of  Shares Granted		Weighted Average Price per  Share		Vesting Period	Vesting Condition
Stock options		1,256,500	$	7.36	Equal one-fourth portions over 4 years	Service condition
Restricted stock		516,500	$	7.36	Equal one-third portions over 3 years	Market condition

The fair value of the Company’s service based stock options granted in fiscal year 2013 is the estimated present value at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for the three months ended January 31, 2013: expected dividend yield of 2.2 percent; expected volatility of 37.6 percent; risk-free interest rate of 1.1 percent; and an expected term of 6.3 years. During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company granted 516,500 shares of restricted stock with market conditions based on achieving certain specified target stock prices in the fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015. The market condition related to fiscal year 2013 was achieved. The Company records the expense over the requisite service period.

(f) Purchase and Retirement of Common Stock

Share repurchases are recorded at stated value with the amount in excess of stated value recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. Share repurchases reduce the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period.

In September 2007, the Company announced a stock repurchase program, authorizing the investment of up to $25,000 in the repurchase of the Company’s common stock. The program was increased by $25,000 in December 2007, June 2008, June 2011 and September 2011, resulting in a $125,000 program. Repurchases under the program are limited to the Company’s Class A common stock, and can be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at such times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate, depending upon market conditions and other factors. During the three months ended January 31, 2013, the Company repurchased 245,118 shares of its Class A common stock for $1,826 at an average price of $7.45 per share. As of January 31, 2013, the Company has repurchased 16,172,850 shares of its Class A common stock since the start of the program for $110,381 at an average price of $6.83 per share and has $14,619 remaining authorized under this program.

(g) Dividends

In March 2005, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend of two and one-half cents per share of Class A and B common stock. In September 2009, June 2011 and March 2012, the Company announced that it had increased its quarterly dividend rate by one half cent per share. As of March 2012, the quarterly dividend rate is four cents per share of Class A and B common stock. Although the Company intends to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, the declaration and payment of future dividends are discretionary and will be subject to determination by the Board of Directors each quarter after its review of the Company’s financial performance. For the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company paid $3,374 and $3,062, respectively, in dividends. The Company’s Board of Directors declared its first quarter 2013 dividend in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012, accelerating the payment to December of 2012.

(h) Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company establishes an allowance for uncollectible installment contracts and trade accounts based on a range of percentages applied to accounts receivable aging categories. These percentages are based on an analysis of the Company’s historical collection and write-off experience. At-need funeral and other receivables are considered past due after 30 days. The Company records an allowance on its interest accruals similar to the corresponding principal aging categories. For accounts that are greater than 90 days past due, interest continues to be accrued, however, an allowance is established to fully reserve this interest receivable. Interest income on these receivables is recognized only to the extent the account becomes less than 90 days past due and then only on the non-reserved portion. Accounts are restored to normal accrual status only when interest and principal payments are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company’s receivables and related allowances were as follows:

	Receivables as of January 31, 2013		Receivables as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral	$	10,374	$	8,120
Current receivables – other		48,579		48,380
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		76,686		77,873
Preneed funeral receivables		44,273		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		29,333		29,594
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926
Total current receivables		58,953		56,500
Total noncurrent receivables		150,292		152,426
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926

Other receivables are comprised primarily of receivables related to the sale of preneed property interment rights but also include income tax receivables and trade and other receivables.

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of January 31, 2013			Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	(4,617	)	$	(4,059	)
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		(5,419	)		(5,253	)
Preneed funeral receivables		(10,415	)		(10,412	)
Preneed cemetery receivables		(2,043	)		(2,090	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)
Total current receivables		(4,617	)		(4,059	)
Total noncurrent receivables		(17,877	)		(17,755	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2012		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2013
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,059		868		(310	)	$	4,617
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		5,253		1,018		(852	)		5,419
	$	9,312		1,886		(1,162	)	$	10,036
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2011		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2012
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,626		526		(562	)	$	4,590
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		7,118		752		(1,304	)		6,566
	$	11,744		1,278		(1,866	)	$	11,156

The Company establishes allowances for preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services trust receivables. Changes in these allowances have no effect on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings but are recorded as reductions in preneed receivables and preneed deferred revenue in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The following summarizes the Company’s receivables aging analysis:

	Receivables Aging Analysis as of January 31, 2013
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	5,474	$	1,873	$	701	$	2,326	$	10,374
Receivables – other		107,583		3,600		2,263		11,819		125,265
Preneed funeral receivables		32,418		687		459		10,709		44,273
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,490		851		534		2,458		29,333
	$	170,965	$	7,011	$	3,957	$	27,312	$	209,245
	Receivables Aging Analysis as of October 31, 2012
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	4,392	$	1,274	$	509	$	1,945	$	8,120
Receivables – other		107,602		4,239		2,491		11,921		126,253
Preneed funeral receivables		33,034		825		406		10,694		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,472		1,012		584		2,526		29,594
	$	170,500	$	7,350	$	3,990	$	27,086	$	208,926

(i) Marketable Securities

The market value of the Company’s marketable securities as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 was $15,653 and $11,514, respectively. Of the total marketable securities balance as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, $1,000 is classified as a long-term asset in “other assets” in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company is required by Texas statutes to maintain a minimal capital level of $1,000, of which at least 40 percent must be in readily marketable investments. The January 31, 2013 balance consists of $11,313 of Level 1 investments and $4,340 of Level 2 investments. The October 31, 2012 balance consists of $10,999 of Level 1 investments and $515 of Level 2 investments. Level 1 investments include cash, money market and other short-term investments, common stock and mutual funds. Level 2 investments include U.S. government, agencies and municipalities and corporate bonds. See Notes 3, 4 and 5 for a discussion of the investments in the Company’s preneed funeral merchandise and services trust, preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust and cemetery perpetual care trust.

(j) Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2012 condensed consolidated financial statements in order for these periods to be comparable due to the reclassification of discontinued operations. These reclassifications had no effect on the Company’s net earnings, total shareholders’ equity or cash flows.

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Cemetery Interment Rights and Perpetual Care Trusts (Details) (Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 274,843	$ 277,381
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	12,601	9,412
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(17,984)	(24,049)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	269,460	262,744
Market value as a percentage of cost	98.00%	94.70%
Accrued investment income	833	919
Trust assets	270,293	263,663
Cash, money market and other short- term investments [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	24,716	16,856
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	24,716	16,856
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	4,651	5,089
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	213	250
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	4,863	5,339
Corporate bonds [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	24,293	26,479
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,116	1,409
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(147)	(828)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	25,262	27,060
Preferred stocks [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	26,002	33,476
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,547	552
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(617)	(2,069)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	26,932	31,959
Common stocks [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	86,556	90,085
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	4,935	3,017
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(15,171)	(19,440)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	76,320	73,662
Mutual funds [Member] | Equity [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	17,340	17,204
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,479	1,164
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(373)	(521)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	18,446	17,847
Mutual funds [Member] | Fixed income [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	77,530	74,762
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	2,300	2,400
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,156)	(713)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	78,674	76,449
Mutual funds [Member] | Commodity [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	4,595	4,591
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	5	6
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(499)	(463)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	4,101	4,134
Mutual funds [Member] | Real estate investment trusts [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	9,113	8,792
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,006	614
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(20)	(15)
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	10,099	9,391
Other [Member] | Fair Value Hierarchy Level 3 [Member]
Schedule of Available for Sale Securities Reconciliation
Available for Sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	47	47
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains
Available for Sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value	$ 47	$ 47

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Restructuring and Other Charges (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Schedule of activities related to restructuring and other charges
Restructuring Reserve, Beginning Balance	$ 206
Additional restructuring costs incurred	81	3,291
Restructuring Reserve, Ending Balance		206
Noncash asset impairment and other costs [Member]
Schedule of activities related to restructuring and other charges
Additional restructuring costs incurred	81
Cash payments	$ (287)

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Segment Data (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Reported segments
Total Revenue	$ 135,681	$ 124,824
Total Gross Profit	32,316	25,396
Funeral [Member]
Reported segments
Total Revenue	74,006	67,866
Total Gross Profit	17,559	14,726
Cemetery [Member]
Reported segments
Total Revenue	55,104	50,521
Total Gross Profit	8,691	4,625
Corporate Trust Management [Member]
Reported segments
Total Revenue	6,571	6,437
Total Gross Profit	$ 6,066	$ 6,045

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Basis of Presentation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Stock options and restricted stock granted to employees

The table below presents all stock options and restricted stock granted to employees during the three months ended January 31, 2013:

Grant Type	Number of  Shares Granted		Weighted Average Price per  Share		Vesting Period	Vesting Condition
Stock options		1,256,500	$	7.36	Equal one-fourth portions over 4 years	Service condition
Restricted stock		516,500	$	7.36	Equal one-third portions over 3 years	Market condition

Schedule of receivables

As of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the Company’s receivables and related allowances were as follows:

	Receivables as of January 31, 2013		Receivables as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral	$	10,374	$	8,120
Current receivables – other		48,579		48,380
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		76,686		77,873
Preneed funeral receivables		44,273		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		29,333		29,594
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926
Total current receivables		58,953		56,500
Total noncurrent receivables		150,292		152,426
Total	$	209,245	$	208,926

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Schedule

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of January 31, 2013			Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations as of October 31, 2012
	Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	(4,617	)	$	(4,059	)
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		(5,419	)		(5,253	)
Preneed funeral receivables		(10,415	)		(10,412	)
Preneed cemetery receivables		(2,043	)		(2,090	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)
Total current receivables		(4,617	)		(4,059	)
Total noncurrent receivables		(17,877	)		(17,755	)
Total	$	(22,494	)	$	(21,814	)

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2012		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2013
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,059		868		(310	)	$	4,617
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		5,253		1,018		(852	)		5,419
	$	9,312		1,886		(1,162	)	$	10,036
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Cancellations Rollforward
	Balance – October 31, 2011		Charged to costs and expenses		Write-offs			Balance – January 31, 2012
Current receivables – at-need funeral and other	$	4,626		526		(562	)	$	4,590
Receivables, due beyond one year – other		7,118		752		(1,304	)		6,566
	$	11,744		1,278		(1,866	)	$	11,156

Receivable Aging Analysis Schedule

The following summarizes the Company’s receivables aging analysis:

	Receivables Aging Analysis as of January 31, 2013
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	5,474	$	1,873	$	701	$	2,326	$	10,374
Receivables – other		107,583		3,600		2,263		11,819		125,265
Preneed funeral receivables		32,418		687		459		10,709		44,273
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,490		851		534		2,458		29,333
	$	170,965	$	7,011	$	3,957	$	27,312	$	209,245
	Receivables Aging Analysis as of October 31, 2012
	1 to 30 Days		31 to 60 Days		61 to 90 Days		Greater than 90 Days		Total
Receivables – at-need funeral	$	4,392	$	1,274	$	509	$	1,945	$	8,120
Receivables – other		107,602		4,239		2,491		11,921		126,253
Preneed funeral receivables		33,034		825		406		10,694		44,959
Preneed cemetery receivables		25,472		1,012		584		2,526		29,594
	$	170,500	$	7,350	$	3,990	$	27,086	$	208,926

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Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Funeral	$ 78,065	$ 72,011
Cemetery	57,616	52,813
Total Revenue	135,681	124,824
Costs and expenses:
Funeral	56,664	53,354
Cemetery	46,701	46,074
Total costs and expenses	103,365	99,428
Gross profit	32,316	25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses	(7,388)	(6,692)
Restructuring and other charges	(81)		(3,291)
Net gain on dispositions	721	343
Other operating income, net	921	194
Operating earnings (loss)	26,489	19,241
Interest expense	(5,916)	(5,867)
Investment and other income, net	124	46
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	20,697	13,420
Income tax expense (benefit)	5,163	4,562
Earnings from continuing operations	15,534	8,858
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	(88)	(367)
Income tax benefit	(31)	(54)
Loss from discontinued operations	(57)	(313)
Net earnings	15,477	8,545
Parent [Member]
Costs and expenses:
Corporate general and administrative expenses	(7,388)	(6,692)
Restructuring and other charges	(81)
Other operating income, net	20	15
Operating earnings (loss)	(7,449)	(6,677)
Interest expense	(2,888)	(1,530)
Investment and other income, net	108	46
Equity in subsidiaries	22,261	13,769
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	12,032	5,608
Income tax expense (benefit)	(3,445)	(2,937)
Earnings from continuing operations	15,477	8,545
Discontinued operations:
Net earnings	15,477	8,545
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenues:
Funeral	72,512	67,033
Cemetery	51,878	47,342
Total Revenue	124,390	114,375
Costs and expenses:
Funeral	53,040	49,995
Cemetery	42,270	41,754
Total costs and expenses	95,310	91,749
Gross profit	29,080	22,626
Net gain on dispositions	721	343
Other operating income, net	842	120
Operating earnings (loss)	30,643	23,089
Interest expense	(2,868)	(3,980)
Investment and other income, net	13
Equity in subsidiaries	430	306
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	28,218	19,415
Income tax expense (benefit)	7,523	6,778
Earnings from continuing operations	20,695	12,637
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes	(88)	(367)
Income tax benefit	(31)	(54)
Loss from discontinued operations	(57)	(313)
Net earnings	20,638	12,324
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenues:
Funeral	5,553	4,978
Cemetery	5,738	5,471
Total Revenue	11,291	10,449
Costs and expenses:
Funeral	3,624	3,359
Cemetery	4,431	4,320
Total costs and expenses	8,055	7,679
Gross profit	3,236	2,770
Other operating income, net	59	59
Operating earnings (loss)	3,295	2,829
Interest expense	(160)	(357)
Investment and other income, net	3
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	3,138	2,472
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,085	721
Earnings from continuing operations	2,053	1,751
Discontinued operations:
Net earnings	2,053	1,751
Eliminations [Member]
Costs and expenses:
Equity in subsidiaries	(22,691)	(14,075)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	(22,691)	(14,075)
Earnings from continuing operations	(22,691)	(14,075)
Discontinued operations:
Net earnings	$ (22,691)	$ (14,075)

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Long-term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Long-term Debt [Abstract]

Long-term Debt

	January 31, 2013		October 31, 2012
Long-term debt:
3.125% senior convertible notes due 2014, net of unamortized discount of $4,011 and $4,757 as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively	$	82,405	$	81,659
3.375% senior convertible notes due 2016, net of unamortized discount of $4,648 and $4,965 as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively		40,471		40,154
Senior secured revolving credit facility		—		—
6.50% senior notes due 2019		200,000		200,000
Other, principally seller financing of acquired operations or assumption upon acquisition, weighted average interest rate of 8.0% as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, partially secured by assets of subsidiaries, with maturities through 2022		78		80
Total long-term debt		322,954		321,893
Less current maturities		6		6
	$	322,948	$	321,887

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Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes [Abstract]

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes

(11) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes

The following tables present the condensed consolidating historical financial statements as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 and for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, for the direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of the Company that serve as guarantors of the Company’s 6.50 percent senior notes and its 3.125 percent and 3.375 percent senior convertible notes, and the financial results of the Company’s subsidiaries that do not serve as guarantors. Non-guarantor subsidiaries of the 6.50 percent senior notes and senior convertible notes include the Puerto Rican subsidiaries, Investors Trust, Inc. and certain immaterial domestic subsidiaries that are not 100 percent owned, or are prohibited by law from guaranteeing the 6.50 percent senior notes and senior convertible notes. The guarantor subsidiaries of the 6.50 percent senior notes and senior convertible notes are 100 percent-owned directly or indirectly by the Company. The guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several. In the condensed consolidating statements of earnings, corporate general and administrative expenses and interest expense of the parent are presented net of amounts charged to the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Earnings

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Funeral	$	—		$	72,512		$	5,553		$	—		$	78,065
Cemetery		—			51,878			5,738			—			57,616
		—			124,390			11,291			—			135,681
Costs and expenses:
Funeral		—			53,040			3,624			—			56,664
Cemetery		—			42,270			4,431			—			46,701
		—			95,310			8,055			—			103,365
Gross profit		—			29,080			3,236			—			32,316
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(7,388	)		—			—			—			(7,388	)
Restructuring and other charges		(81	)		—			—			—			(81	)
Net gain on dispositions		—			721			—			—			721
Other operating income, net		20			842			59			—			921
Operating earnings (loss)		(7,449	)		30,643			3,295			—			26,489
Interest expense		(2,888	)		(2,868	)		(160	)		—			(5,916	)
Investment and other income, net		108			13			3			—			124
Equity in subsidiaries		22,261			430			—			(22,691	)		—
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		12,032			28,218			3,138			(22,691	)		20,697
Income tax expense (benefit)		(3,445	)		7,523			1,085			—			5,163
Earnings from continuing operations		15,477			20,695			2,053			(22,691	)		15,534
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		—			(88	)		—			—			(88	)
Income tax benefit		—			(31	)		—			—			(31	)
Loss from discontinued operations		—			(57	)		—			—			(57	)
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	20,638		$	2,053		$	(22,691	)	$	15,477

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Earnings

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues:
Funeral	$	—		$	67,033		$	4,978		$	—		$	72,011
Cemetery		—			47,342			5,471			—			52,813
		—			114,375			10,449			—			124,824
Costs and expenses:
Funeral		—			49,995			3,359			—			53,354
Cemetery		—			41,754			4,320			—			46,074
		—			91,749			7,679			—			99,428
Gross profit		—			22,626			2,770			—			25,396
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(6,692	)		—			—			—			(6,692	)
Net gain on dispositions		—			343			—			—			343
Other operating income, net		15			120			59			—			194
Operating earnings (loss)		(6,677	)		23,089			2,829			—			19,241
Interest expense		(1,530	)		(3,980	)		(357	)		—			(5,867	)
Investment and other income, net		46			—			—			—			46
Equity in subsidiaries		13,769			306			—			(14,075	)		—
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		5,608			19,415			2,472			(14,075	)		13,420
Income tax expense (benefit)		(2,937	)		6,778			721			—			4,562
Earnings from continuing operations		8,545			12,637			1,751			(14,075	)		8,858
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		—			(367	)		—			—			(367	)
Income tax benefit		—			(54	)		—			—			(54	)
Loss from discontinued operations		—			(313	)		—			—			(313	)
Net earnings	$	8,545		$	12,324		$	1,751		$	(14,075	)	$	8,545

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net earnings	$	15,477		$	20,638	$	2,053		$	(22,691	)	$	15,477
Unrealized depreciation of investments, net of tax		(21	)		—		(4	)		4			(21	)
Comprehensive income	$	15,456		$	20,638	$	2,049		$	(22,687	)	$	15,456

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Net earnings	$	8,545	$	12,324	$	1,751	$	(14,075	)	$	8,545
Unrealized appreciation of investments, net of tax		5		—		5		(5	)		5
Comprehensive income	$	8,550	$	12,324	$	1,756	$	(14,080	)	$	8,550

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	January 31, 2013
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	59,386	$	2,827	$	1,143	$	—		$	63,356
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,250		—		—		—			6,250
Marketable securities		13,843		—		810		—			14,653
Receivables, net of allowances		2,636		44,882		6,818		—			54,336
Inventories		211		33,926		2,400		—			36,537
Prepaid expenses		2,136		6,442		1,523		—			10,101
Deferred income taxes, net		10,973		11,148		741		—			22,862
Intercompany receivables		1,744		—		—		(1,744	)		—
Total current assets		97,179		99,225		13,435		(1,744	)		208,095
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances		—		59,982		11,285		—			71,267
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		—		432,285		9,498		—			441,783
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		—		226,461		7,053		—			233,514
Goodwill		—		229,749		19,835		—			249,584
Cemetery property, at cost		—		365,274		35,325		—			400,599
Property and equipment, at cost		63,731		513,895		44,332		—			621,958
Less accumulated depreciation		51,946		256,162		20,915		—			329,023
Net property and equipment		11,785		257,733		23,417		—			292,935
Deferred income taxes, net		3,143		55,712		7,139		—			65,994
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		—		255,961		14,332		—			270,293
Other assets		7,920		4,111		1,015		—			13,046
Intercompany receivables		601,080		—		—		(601,080	)		—
Equity in subsidiaries		77,544		11,500		—		(89,044	)		—
Total assets	$	798,651	$	1,997,993	$	142,334	$	(691,868	)	$	2,247,110
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		15,677		66,908		3,572		—			86,157
Intercompany payables		—		—		1,744		(1,744	)		—
Total current liabilities		15,683		66,908		5,316		(1,744	)		86,163
Long-term debt, less current maturities		322,948		—		—		—			322,948
Deferred income taxes, net		—		3,621		580		—			4,201
Intercompany payables		—		593,812		7,268		(601,080	)		—
Deferred preneed funeral revenue		—		192,594		47,087		—			239,681
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue		—		234,432		29,082		—			263,514
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		—		593,625		8,309		—			601,934
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—		252,868		14,324		—			267,192
Other long-term liabilities		19,529		1,457		—		—			20,986
Total liabilities		358,160		1,939,317		111,966		(602,824	)		1,806,619
Common stock		85,352		102		376		(478	)		85,352
Other		355,118		58,574		29,987		(88,561	)		355,118
Accumulated other comprehensive income		21		—		5		(5	)		21
Total shareholders’ equity		440,491		58,676		30,368		(89,044	)		440,491
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	798,651	$	1,997,993	$	142,334	$	(691,868	)	$	2,247,110

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	October 31, 2012
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	65,722	$	1,033	$	1,432	$	—		$	68,187
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		6,250		—		—		—			6,250
Marketable securities		10,046		—		468		—			10,514
Receivables, net of allowances		2,682		43,453		6,306		—			52,441
Inventories		193		33,929		2,373		—			36,495
Prepaid expenses		1,373		2,128		1,422		—			4,923
Deferred income taxes, net		16,701		13,154		816		—			30,671
Intercompany receivables		1,247		—		—		(1,247	)		—
Total current assets		104,214		93,697		12,817		(1,247	)		209,481
Receivables due beyond one year, net of allowances		—		61,025		11,595		—			72,620
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments		—		422,753		9,669		—			432,422
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments		—		218,018		7,030		—			225,048
Goodwill		—		229,749		19,835		—			249,584
Cemetery property, at cost		—		365,901		35,769		—			401,670
Property and equipment, at cost		63,328		506,957		44,623		—			614,908
Less accumulated depreciation		50,732		252,124		20,792		—			323,648
Net property and equipment		12,596		254,833		23,831		—			291,260
Deferred income taxes, net		2,967		52,379		6,779		—			62,125
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		—		249,608		14,055		—			263,663
Other assets		8,281		4,279		1,252		—			13,812
Intercompany receivables		601,223		—		—		(601,223	)		—
Equity in subsidiaries		55,287		11,070		—		(66,357	)		—
Total assets	$	784,568	$	1,963,312	$	142,632	$	(668,827	)	$	2,221,685
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	6
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		19,263		73,119		4,801		—			97,183
Intercompany payables		—		—		1,247		(1,247	)		—
Total current liabilities		19,269		73,119		6,048		(1,247	)		97,189
Long-term debt, less current maturities		321,887		—		—		—			321,887
Deferred income taxes, net		—		4,350		581		—			4,931
Intercompany payables		—		591,381		9,842		(601,223	)		—
Deferred preneed funeral revenue		—		193,860		46,555		—			240,415
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue		—		236,249		29,098		—			265,347
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust		—		577,013		8,151		—			585,164
Perpetual care trusts’ corpus		—		247,845		14,038		—			261,883
Other long-term liabilities		19,091		1,457		—		—			20,548
Total liabilities		360,247		1,925,274		114,313		(602,470	)		1,797,364
Common stock		84,915		102		376		(478	)		84,915
Other		339,364		37,936		27,934		(65,870	)		339,364
Accumulated other comprehensive income		42		—		9		(9	)		42
Total shareholders’ equity		424,321		38,038		28,319		(66,357	)		424,321
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	784,568	$	1,963,312	$	142,632	$	(668,827	)	$	2,221,685

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	2,866		$	6,901		$	2,129		$	—	$	11,896
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities		(3,848	)		—			(108	)		—		(3,956	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		—			778			—			—		778
Additions to property and equipment		(653	)		(8,364	)		(233	)		—		(9,250	)
Other		—			48			—			—		48
Net cash used in investing activities		(4,501	)		(7,538	)		(341	)		—		(12,380	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(1	)		—			—			—		(1	)
Intercompany receivables (payables)		(354	)		2,431			(2,077	)		—		—
Issuance of common stock		787			—			—			—		787
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(1,833	)		—			—			—		(1,833	)
Dividends		(3,374	)		—			—			—		(3,374	)
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements		74			—			—			—		74
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(4,701	)		2,431			(2,077	)		—		(4,347	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(6,336	)		1,794			(289	)		—		(4,831	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		65,722			1,033			1,432			—		68,187
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	59,386		$	2,827		$	1,143		$	—	$	63,356

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended January 31, 2012
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	816		$	5,514		$	1,455		$	—	$	7,785
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales/maturities of marketable securities		—			—			250			—		250
Deposits of restricted funds		(1,756	)		—			—			—		(1,756	)
Proceeds from sale of assets		—			233			—			—		233
Additions to property and equipment		(451	)		(5,198	)		(875	)		—		(6,524	)
Other		—			23			—			—		23
Net cash used in investing activities		(2,207	)		(4,942	)		(625	)		—		(7,774	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(1	)		—			—			—		(1	)
Intercompany receivables (payables)		1,623			(1,319	)		(304	)		—		—
Debt refinancing costs		(34	)		—			—			—		(34	)
Issuance of common stock		117			—			—			—		117
Purchase and retirement of common stock		(7,847	)		—			—			—		(7,847	)
Dividends		(3,062	)		—			—			—		(3,062	)
Excess tax benefits from share based payment arrangements		23			—			—			—		23
Net cash used in financing activities		(9,181	)		(1,319	)		(304	)		—		(10,804	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		(10,572	)		(747	)		526			—		(10,793	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		62,388			1,937			1,363			—		65,688
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	51,816		$	1,190		$	1,889		$	—	$	54,895