Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Level 3 Activities (Details) (Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011		Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance					$ 17,739		$ 17,089		$ 18,923	$ 19,055
Net unrealized (losses) gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	828	[1]	(2,377)	[1]	1,483	[1]	5,525	[1]
Net realized gains (losses) included in Other income, net(2)	(41)	[2]	4	[2]	(129)	[2]	(187)	[2]
Sales	0		0		26		44
Contributions	465		18		3,244		115
Distributions and other	(1,837)		856		3,973		4,942
Fair market value, ending balance	$ 18,338		$ 17,556		$ 18,338		$ 17,556		$ 18,923	$ 19,055

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