Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus Level 3 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

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

Schedule of Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receitps Held in Trust Components [Table Text Block]

The components of Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are detailed below.

	June 30, 2011									December 31, 2010
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total			Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
	(In thousands)									(In thousands)
Trust investments	$	1,343,778		$	1,228,649		$	2,572,427		$	1,216,542		$	1,194,795		$	2,411,337
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,137		)	(1,730		)	(2,867		)	(975		)	(2,288		)	(3,263		)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	$	1,342,641		$	1,226,919		$	2,569,560		$	1,215,567		$	1,192,507		$	2,408,074

Schedule of Care Trust Corpus' Components [Table Text Block]

The components of Care trusts’ corpus in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are detailed below.

	June 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(In thousands)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,018,188		$	987,019
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,892		)	(147		)
Care trusts’ corpus	$	1,016,296		$	986,872

Schedule of Other Nonoperating Income, by Component [Table Text Block]

The components of Other income, net in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 are detailed below. See Notes 4, 5, and 6 for further discussion of the amounts related to the funeral, cemetery, and cemetery perpetual care trusts.

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	25,388		$	24,244		$	5,879		$	—	$	55,511
Realized losses	(7,595		)	(5,615		)	(2,081		)	—		(15,291		)
Impairment charges	(142		)	(218		)	(14		)	—		(374		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	7,752			7,419			11,410			—		26,581
Trust expenses and income taxes	(1,483		)	(2,511		)	(510		)	—		(4,504		)
Net trust investment income	23,920			23,319			14,684			—		61,923
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(23,920		)	(23,319		)	(14,684		)	—		(61,923		)
Other income, net	—			—			—			46		46
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	46	$	46

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	38,265		$	41,091		$	27,120		$	—	$	106,476
Realized losses	(11,629		)	(11,236		)	(12,742		)	—		(35,607		)
Impairment charges	(3,288		)	(1,196		)	(311		)	—		(4,795		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	11,174			12,328			19,590			—		43,092
Trust expenses and income taxes	(2,866		)	(4,266		)	(2,106		)	—		(9,238		)
Net trust investment income	31,656			36,721			31,551			—		99,928
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(31,656		)	(36,721		)	(31,551		)	—		(99,928		)
Other income, net	—			—			—			720		720
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	720	$	720

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	9,005		$	13,808		$	2,634		$	—	$	25,447
Realized losses	(15,212		)	(19,744		)	(3,783		)	—		(38,739		)
Impairment charges	(1,044		)	(1,152		)	(95		)	—		(2,291		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	6,805			4,753			8,428			—		19,986
Trust expenses and income taxes	(777		)	(2,079		)	(1,788		)	—		(4,644		)
Net trust investment (loss) income	(1,223		)	(4,414		)	5,396			—		(241		)
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	1,223			4,414			(5,396		)	—		241
Other income, net	—			—			—			4,273		4,273
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	4,273	$	4,273

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	20,498		$	25,061		$	4,693		$	—	$	50,252
Realized losses	(33,657		)	(37,265		)	(5,456		)	—		(76,378		)
Impairment charges	(6,169		)	(3,383		)	(1,573		)	—		(11,125		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	9,932			9,423			16,075			—		35,430
Trust expenses and income taxes	(1,826		)	(4,469		)	(1,547		)	—		(7,842		)
Net trust investment (loss) income	(11,222		)	(10,633		)	12,192			—		(9,663		)
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	11,222			10,633			(12,192		)	—		9,663
Other income, net	—			—			—			2,389		2,389
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	2,389	$	2,389