Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Level 3 Activities (Details) (Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance	$ 19,251		$ 20,259		$ 17,739		$ 17,089
Net unrealized (losses) gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	(184)	[1]	1,791	[1]	655	[1]	7,902	[1]
Net realized gains (losses) included in Other income, net(2)	(31)	[2]	(164)	[2]	(88)	[2]	(191)	[2]
Sales	0		0		26		44
Contributions	1,389		96		2,779		97
Distributions and other	(1,502)		(2,927)		2,136		5,798
Fair market value, ending balance	$ 18,923		$ 19,055		$ 18,923		$ 19,055

[1] All unrealized (losses) gains recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our cemetery perpetual care trust investments are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Care trusts’ corpus. See Note 7 for further information related to our Care trusts’ corpus.

[2] All losses recognized in Other (expense) income, net for our cemetery perpetual care trust investments are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other (expense) income, net to Care trusts’ corpus. See Note 7 for further information related to our Care trusts’ corpus.