Acquisition Acquisition, Textuals (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price Per Share				$ 8.07
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price			$ 44,000,000	$ 288,900,000
Business Acquisition, Debt Refinancing				80,700,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs		7,100,000
Amortization of Acquisition Costs		3,700,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Noncurrent Assets, Receivables				5,200,000
Goodwill				108,643,000
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	20,289,000	61,396,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount				26,000,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue		83,700,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual		16,700,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired			70.00%
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets				34,312,000
Cemetery [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0	463,000
Funeral [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	20,289,000	60,933,000
Current [Member]
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount				8,200,000
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible				2,100,000
Noncurrent [Member]
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount				5,500,000
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible				300,000
Keystone Acquisition [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period		4,300,000
Keystone Acquisition [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period		104,300,000
Neptune [Member]
Goodwill	37,300,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets	$ 37,600,000