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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 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 consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2013 and 2012 are detailed below.

	December 31, 2013										December 31, 2012
	Preneed Funeral				Preneed Cemetery			Total			Preneed Funeral				Preneed Cemetery			Total
				(In thousands)										(In thousands)
Trust investments	$	1,668,691			$	1,584,701		$	3,253,392		$	1,337,014			$	1,291,016		$	2,628,030
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,108		)		(1,698		)	(2,806		)	(1,827		)		(1,882		)	(3,709		)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	$	1,667,583			$	1,583,003		$	3,250,586		$	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 consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2013 and 2012 are detailed below.

	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,347,622		$	1,099,580
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,748		)	(828		)
Care trusts’ corpus	$	1,345,874		$	1,098,752

Schedule of Other Nonoperating Income, by Component [Table Text Block]

The components of Other income (expense), net in our consolidated statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 are detailed below. See Notes 4, 5, and 6 for further discussion of the amounts related to our funeral, cemetery, and cemetery perpetual care trusts.

	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net			Total
							(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	65,011		$	101,337		$	17,916		$	—		$	184,264
Realized losses	(9,732		)	(14,593		)	(2,738		)	—			(27,063		)
Impairment charges	(829		)	(1,575		)	(192		)	—			(2,596		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	24,912			20,527			27,452			—			72,891
Trust expenses and income taxes	(11,371		)	(14,633		)	(2,628		)	—			(28,632		)
Net trust investment income	67,991			91,063			39,810			—			198,864
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(67,991		)	(91,063		)	(39,810		)	—			(198,864		)
Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			(559		)	(559		)
Total other income (expense), net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(559	)	$	(559	)

	Year Ended December 31, 2012
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
	(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	60,833		$	87,665		$	11,463		$	—	$	159,961
Realized losses	(21,454		)	(29,397		)	(6,595		)	—		(57,446		)
Impairment charges	(781		)	(824		)	(760		)	—		(2,365		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	17,017			17,244			34,032			—		68,293
Trust expenses and income taxes	(10,685		)	(13,389		)	(1,355		)	—		(25,429		)
Net trust investment (loss) income	44,930			61,299			36,785			—		143,014
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(44,930		)	(61,299		)	(36,785		)	—		(143,014		)
Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			3,668		3,668
Total other income (expense), net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	3,668	$	3,668

	December 31, 2011
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net			Total
							(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	61,272		$	67,167		$	34,275		$	—		$	162,714
Realized losses	(41,162		)	(46,889		)	(16,310		)	—			(104,361		)
Impairment charges	(24,705		)	(28,705		)	(741		)	—			(54,151		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	22,283			26,902			35,467			—			84,652
Trust expenses and income taxes	(7,303		)	(10,579		)	(2,774		)	—			(20,656		)
Net trust investment (loss) income	10,385			7,896			49,917			—			68,198
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(10,385		)	(7,896		)	(49,917		)	—			(68,198		)
Other (expense) income, net	—			—			—			(772		)	(772		)
Total other (expense) income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(772	)	$	(772	)