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

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

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 March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	March 31, 2013									December 31, 2012
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total			Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
	(In thousands)									(In thousands)
Trust investments	$	1,364,367		$	1,353,463		$	2,717,830		$	1,337,014		$	1,291,016		$	2,628,030
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,229		)	(1,968		)	(3,197		)	(1,827		)	(1,882		)	(3,709		)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	$	1,363,138		$	1,351,495		$	2,714,633		$	1,335,187		$	1,289,134		$	2,624,321

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

The components of Care trusts’ corpus in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are detailed below.

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,128,284		$	1,099,580
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(805		)	(828		)
Care trusts’ corpus	$	1,127,479		$	1,098,752

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 months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 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 March 31, 2013
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net			Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	11,371		$	16,576		$	3,782		$	—		$	31,729
Realized losses	(1,721		)	(2,170		)	(322		)	—			(4,213		)
Impairment charges	(200		)	(357		)	(63		)	—			(620		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	1,817			1,529			6,089			—			9,435
Trust expenses and income taxes	(2,381		)	(3,669		)	(575		)	—			(6,625		)
Net trust investment income	8,886			11,909			8,911			—			29,706
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(8,886		)	(11,909		)	(8,911		)	—			(29,706		)
Other income, net	—			—			—			(984		)	(984		)
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(984	)	$	(984	)

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	26,011		$	39,272		$	2,162		$	—	$	67,445
Realized losses	(9,748		)	(13,770		)	(2,215		)	—		(25,733		)
Impairment charges	(344		)	(305		)	(1		)	—		(650		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	2,200			2,276			5,723			—		10,199
Trust expenses and income taxes	(2,569		)	(3,185		)	(385		)	—		(6,139		)
Net trust investment income	15,550			24,288			5,284			—		45,122
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(15,550		)	(24,288		)	(5,284		)	—		(45,122		)
Other income, net	—			—			—			3,905		3,905
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	3,905	$	3,905