Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2010
Purchase Price Allocation [Line Items]
Accounts receivable		$ 6,131
Other current assets		20,200
Cemetery property		19,949
Property and equipment, net		105,888
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments		66,395
Intangible assets		34,312
Indefinite-lived intangible assets		33,700
Deferred charges and other assets		6,533
Goodwill	60,000	108,643
Total assets acquired		401,751
Current liabilities		11,719
Long-term debt		2,548
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts		69,336
Deferred tax liability		20,939
Other liabilities		8,347
Total liabilities assumed		112,889
Net assets acquired		$ 288,862