10-Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

R	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

or

o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the transition period from  to

Commission file number 1-6402-1

SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas		74-1488375
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I. R. S. employer identification number)
1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas		77019
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)
	713-522-5141
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
	None
(Former name, former address, or former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES þ NO o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES þ NO o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer þ	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company o
		(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES o NO þ

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of April 23, 2014 was 213,532,818 (net of treasury shares).

SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

INDEX

	Page
Glossary	3
Part I. Financial Information	4
Item 1. Financial Statements	4
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations — Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013	4
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income — Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013	5
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet — March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013	6
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows — Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013	8
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity — Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013	9
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	10
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	43
The Company	43
Financial Condition, Liquidity, and Capital Resources	43
Results of Operations - Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013	49
Critical Accounting Policies	53
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements	53
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	55
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	55
Part II. Other Information	55
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	55
Item 1A. Risk Factors	55
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	55
Item 6. Exhibits	56
Signature	57

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GLOSSARY

The following terms are common to the deathcare industry, are used throughout this report, and have the following meanings:

Atneed — Funeral and cemetery arrangements sold after a death has occurred.

Burial Vaults — A reinforced container intended to inhibit the subsidence of the earth and house the casket after it is placed in the ground.

Cemetery Perpetual Care or Endowment Care Fund — A trust fund established for the purpose of maintaining cemetery grounds and property into perpetuity.

Cemetery Property — Developed lots, lawn crypts, and mausoleum spaces and undeveloped land we intend to develop.

Cemetery Property Revenue — Recognized sales of cemetery property when a minimum of 10% of the sales price has been collected and the property has been constructed or is available for interment.

Cemetery Merchandise and Services — Stone and bronze memorials, markers, merchandise installations, and burial openings and closings.

Cremation — The reduction of human remains to bone fragments by intense heat.

Funeral Merchandise and Services — Professional services relating to funerals and cremations and funeral-related merchandise, including caskets, casket memorialization products, burial vaults, cremation receptacles, cremation memorial products, and flowers.

Funeral Recognized Preneed Revenue — Funeral merchandise and products sold on a preneed contract and delivered before a death has occurred, including funeral merchandise and travel protection insurance, which primarily represents sales by SCI Direct.

Funeral Service Performed — The number of funeral services provided after the date of death, sometimes referred to as funeral volume.

General Agency (GA) Revenues — Commissions we receive from third-party life insurance companies for life insurance policies or annuities sold to preneed customers for the purpose of funding preneed funeral arrangements. The commission rate paid is determined based on the product type sold, the length of payment terms, and the age of the insured/annuitant.

Interment — The burial or final placement of human remains in the ground, in mausoleums, or in cremation niches.

Lawn Crypt — An underground outer burial receptacle constructed of concrete and reinforced steel, which is usually pre-installed in predetermined designated areas.

Marker — A method of identifying a deceased person in a particular burial space, crypt, or niche. Permanent burial markers are usually made of bronze or stone.

Maturity — When the underlying contracted service is performed or merchandise is delivered, typically at death. This is the point at which preneed contracts are converted to atneed contracts (note — delivery of certain merchandise and services can occur prior to death).

Mausoleum — An above ground structure that is designed to house caskets and cremation urns.

Preneed — Purchase of products and services prior to a death occurring.

Preneed Backlog — Future revenues from unfulfilled preneed funeral and cemetery contractual arrangements.

Preneed Cemetery Production — Sales of preneed or atneed cemetery contracts. These earnings are recorded in Deferred preneed cemetery revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered.

Preneed Funeral Production — Sales of preneed funeral trust-funded and insurance-funded contracts. Preneed funeral trust-funded contracts are recorded in Deferred preneed funeral revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered. We do not reflect the unfulfilled insurance-funded preneed funeral contract amounts in our consolidated balance sheet. The proceeds of the life insurance policies or annuity contracts will be reflected in funeral revenues as these funerals are performed by the Company.

Sales Average— Average revenue per funeral service performed, excluding the impact of funeral recognized preneed revenue, GA revenue, and certain other revenues.

Trust Fund Income — Recognized earnings from our merchandise and service and perpetual care trust investments.

As used herein, “SCI”, “Company”, “we”, “our”, and “us” refer to Service Corporation International and companies owned directly or indirectly by Service Corporation International, unless the context requires otherwise.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues	$	747,123		$	652,352
Costs and expenses	(580,741		)	(492,695		)
Gross profits	166,382			159,657
General and administrative expenses	(56,010		)	(30,923		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,812		)	(969		)
Operating income	107,560			127,765
Interest expense	(44,996		)	(32,769		)
Other income (expense), net	1,534			(984		)
Income before income taxes	64,098			94,012
Provision for income taxes	(22,707		)	(35,290		)
Net income	41,391			58,722
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(289		)	(1,102		)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	41,102		$	57,620
Basic earnings per share:
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	0.19		$	0.27
Basic weighted average number of shares	212,838			211,380
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	0.19		$	0.27
Diluted weighted average number of shares	217,231			215,208
Dividends declared per share	$	0.08		$	0.06

(See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Net income	$	41,391		$	58,722
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(11,200		)	(5,516		)
Total comprehensive income	30,191			53,206
Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(315		)	(1,098		)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	29,876		$	52,108

(See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(UNAUDITED)

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands, except share amounts)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	148,619		$	144,873
Receivables, net	105,813			105,899
Deferred tax assets	39,476			39,074
Inventories, net	34,508			34,668
Current assets held for sale	5,740			4,569
Other	41,848			65,524
Total current assets	376,004			394,607
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	1,871,539			1,870,874
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,301,633			2,300,911
Cemetery property, at cost	1,721,446			1,747,125
Property and equipment, net	1,887,019			1,920,868
Non-current assets held for sale	795,001			746,474
Goodwill, net	1,978,621			1,968,235
Deferred charges and other assets	631,759			632,088
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,342,589			1,347,622
Total assets	$	12,905,611		$	12,928,804
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	477,368		$	486,648
Current maturities of long-term debt	105,705			176,362
Current liabilities held for sale	4,850			3,183
Income taxes	3,301			6,391
Total current liabilities	591,224			672,584
Long-term debt	3,133,925			3,125,548
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	672,631			686,160
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	986,538			974,757
Deferred tax liability	586,991			581,440
Non-current liabilities held for sale	504,423			437,084
Other liabilities	404,693			430,393
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	3,245,629			3,250,586
Care trusts’ corpus	1,340,361			1,345,874
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Equity:
Common stock, $1 per share par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 213,605,552 and 212,326,642 shares issued, respectively, and 213,531,666 and 212,316,642 shares outstanding, respectively	213,532			212,317
Capital in excess of par value	1,251,573			1,259,348
Accumulated deficit	(105,893		)	(145,876		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	77,215			88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,436,427			1,414,230

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Noncontrolling interests	2,769		10,148
Total equity	1,439,196		1,424,378
Total liabilities and equity	$	12,905,611	$	12,928,804

(See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	41,391		$	58,722
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	36,120			30,447
Amortization of intangible assets	10,080			5,808
Amortization of cemetery property	11,339			8,975
Amortization of loan costs	1,844			1,235
Provision for doubtful accounts	2,155			1,720
Provision for deferred income taxes	10,124			26,134
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	2,812			969
Share-based compensation	3,130			2,830
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	(6,744		)	(772		)
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and divestitures:
(Increase) decrease in receivables	(3,761		)	5,962
Increase in other assets	(931		)	(5,882		)
Increase in payables and other liabilities	5,966			12,215
Effect of preneed funeral production and maturities:
Decrease in preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	12,852			13,738
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral revenue	(531		)	(4,000		)
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust	(14,768		)	(14,176		)
Effect of cemetery production and deliveries:
Decrease (increase) in preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,160			(6,359		)
Increase in deferred preneed cemetery revenue	19,421			15,912
Decrease in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust	(6,262		)	(3,419		)
Other	1,490			1,065
Net cash provided by operating activities	127,887			151,124
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(25,222		)	(22,569		)
Acquisitions	(779		)	—
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	2,639			1,816
Net (deposits) withdrawals of restricted funds and other	(12,225		)	339
Net cash used in investing activities	(35,587		)	(20,414		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	110,000			—
Payments of debt	(7,579		)	(4,948		)
Principal payments on capital leases	(7,231		)	(6,468		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,915			3,094
Early extinguishment of debt	(167,093		)	—
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	6,744			772
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,053		)	(1,708		)
Payments of dividends	(17,080		)	(12,698		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	(15,000		)	(8,333		)
Bank overdrafts and other	3,762			(4,004		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(86,615		)	(34,293		)
Effect of foreign currency on cash and cash equivalents	(1,939		)	(579		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	3,746			95,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	144,873			92,708
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	148,619		$	188,546

(See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)

	Common Stock			Treasury Stock			Capital in Excess of Par Value			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Noncontrolling Interests			Total
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	211,057		$	(10	)	$	1,307,058		$	(286,795	)	$	111,717		$	19,800		$	1,362,827
Comprehensive income	—			—			—			57,620			(5,512		)	1,098			53,206
Dividends declared on common stock ($.06 per share)	—			—			(12,698		)	—			—			—			(12,698		)
Employee share-based compensation earned	—			—			2,830			—			—			—			2,830
Stock option exercises	350			—			2,744			—			—			—			3,094
Tax Benefits Related to Share-Based Awards	—			—			772			—			—			—			772
Restricted stock awards, net of forfeitures	378			(3		)	(375		)	—			—			—			—
Purchase of Company common stock	—			(109		)	(676		)	(923		)	—			—			(1,708		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			—			(1,696		)	—			—			(6,637		)	(8,333		)
Noncontrolling interest payment	—			—			—			—			—			(900		)	(900		)
Other	1			—			(10		)	—			—			—			(9		)
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	211,786		$	(122	)	$	1,297,949		$	(230,098	)	$	106,205		$	13,361		$	1,399,081
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	212,327		$	(10	)	$	1,259,348		$	(145,876	)	$	88,441		$	10,148		$	1,424,378
Comprehensive income	—			—			—			41,102			(11,226		)	315			30,191
Dividends declared on common stock ($.08 per share)	—			—			(17,080		)	—			—			—			(17,080		)
Employee share-based compensation earned	—			—			3,130			—			—			—			3,130
Stock option exercises	964			—			7,712			—			—			—			8,676
Tax Benefits Related to Share-Based Awards	—			—			6,743			—			—			—			6,743
Restricted stock awards, net of forfeitures	344			—			(344		)	—			—			—			—
Purchase of Company common stock	—			(106		)	(589		)	(1,119		)	—			—			(1,814		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			—			(7,441		)	—			—			(7,559		)	(15,000		)
Noncontrolling interest payment	—			—			—			—			—			(135		)	(135		)
Retirement of treasury shares	(42		)	42			—			—			—			—			—
Other	13			—			94			—			—			—			107
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	213,606		$	(74	)	$	1,251,573		$	(105,893	)	$	77,215		$	2,769		$	1,439,196

(See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

1. Nature of Operations

We are North America’s largest provider of deathcare products and services, with a network of funeral service locations and cemeteries primarily operating in the United States and Canada. Our operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and related businesses.

Funeral service locations provide all professional services relating to funerals and cremations, including the use of funeral facilities and motor vehicles and preparation and embalming services. Funeral-related merchandise, including caskets, casket memorialization products, burial vaults, cremation receptacles, cremation memorial products, flowers, and other ancillary products and services, is sold at funeral service locations. Cemeteries provide cemetery property interment rights, including developed lots, lawn crypts, and mausoleum spaces and sell cemetery-related merchandise and services, including stone and bronze memorials, markers, merchandise installations, and burial openings and closings. We also sell preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services whereby a customer contractually agrees to the terms of certain merchandise and services to be provided in the future.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Service Corporation International (SCI) and all subsidiaries in which we hold a controlling financial interest. Our financial statements also include the accounts of the funeral merchandise and service trusts, cemetery merchandise and service trusts, and cemetery perpetual care trusts in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary. Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited but include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals and any other adjustments, which management considers necessary for a fair statement of our results for these periods. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in a manner consistent with the accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, unless otherwise disclosed herein, and should be read in conjunction therewith. The accompanying year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year period.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period financial statement presentation with no effect on our previously reported results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows. In this filing we revised our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 to reclassify $30.0 million from Long-term debt to Current maturities of long-term debt. The original misclassification relates to amounts payable in 2014 for our Term Loan due July 2018. Our previously issued December 31, 2013 financial statements are not materially misstated by this misclassification.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. These estimates and assumptions may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. As a result, actual results could differ from these estimates.

Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receivables

We sell preneed funeral and cemetery contracts whereby the customer enters into arrangements for future merchandise and services prior to the time of need. As these contracts are entered into prior to the delivery of the related goods and services, the preneed funeral and cemetery receivables are offset by a comparable deferred revenue amount. These receivables generally have an interest component for which interest income is recorded when the interest amount is considered collectible and realizable, which typically coincides with cash payment. We do not accrue interest on financing receivables that are not paid in accordance with the contractual payment date given the nature of our goods and services, the nature of our contracts with customers, and the timing of the delivery of our services. We do not consider receivables to be past due until the service or goods are required to be delivered at which time the preneed receivable is paid or reclassified as a trade receivable with payment terms of less than 30

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days. As the preneed funeral and cemetery receivables are offset by comparable deferred revenue amounts, we have no risk of loss related to these receivables.

If a preneed contract is canceled prior to delivery, state or provincial law governs the amount of the refund owed to the customer, if any, including the amount of the attributed investment earnings. Upon cancellation, we receive the amount of principal deposited to the trust and previously undistributed net investment earnings and, where required, issue a refund to the customer. We retain excess funds, if any, and recognize the attributed investment earnings (net of any investment earnings payable to the customer) as revenue in the consolidated statement of operations. In certain jurisdictions, we may be obligated to fund any shortfall if the amount deposited by the customers exceed the funds in trust. Based on our historical experience, we have provided an allowance for cancellation of these receivables, which is recorded as a reduction in receivables with a corresponding offset to deferred revenue.

Income Taxes

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) amended the Income Taxes Topic of the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) to eliminate a diversity in practice for the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses, or tax credit carryforwards exist. The amendment requires that the unrecognized tax benefit be presented as a reduction of the deferred tax assets associated with the carryforwards except in certain circumstances when it would be reflected as a liability. We adopted this amendment effective January 1, 2014 with no impact on our consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows.

Foreign Currency

In March 2013, the FASB amended the Foreign Currency Matters Topic of the ASC to clarify the appropriate accounting when a parent ceases to have a controlling interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity. This clarification provides that the cumulative translation adjustment should only be released into net income if the loss of controlling interest represents complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or asset group had resided. We adopted this amendment effective January 1, 2014 with no impact on our consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows.

3. Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Discontinued Operations

In April 2014, the FASB amended the Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant and Equipment Topics of the ASC to change the requirement for reporting discontinued operations. Under the new guidance, a disposal of a component of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. Fewer disposals are expected to qualify as discontinued operations under the new guidance. It also requires the disclosure of pretax income of disposals that do not qualify as discontinued operations. The new guidance is effective for us with disposals that occur after January 1, 2015.

4. Preneed Funeral Activities

Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments represent trust investments, including investment earnings, and customer receivables, net of unearned finance charges, related to unperformed, price-guaranteed preneed funeral contracts. Our funeral merchandise and service trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. Our cemetery trust investments detailed in Notes 5 and 6 are also accounted for as variable interest entities. When we receive payments from the customer, we deposit the amount required by law into the trust and reclassify the corresponding amount from Deferred preneed funeral revenues into Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. Amounts are withdrawn from the trusts after the contract obligations are performed. Cash flows from preneed funeral contracts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments are reduced by the trust investment earnings (realized and unrealized) that we have been allowed to withdraw in certain states prior to maturity. These earnings are recorded in Deferred preneed funeral revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered.

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our preneed funeral merchandise and service trusts:

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	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	27,923		$	22,199
Withdrawals	43,737			32,705
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	61,485			60,979
Sales of available-for-sale securities	64,051			96,704
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	16,101			11,371
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(1,474		)	(1,721		)

The components of Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,415,235		$	1,422,942
Cash and cash equivalents	132,471			128,216
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(159,808		)	(163,436		)
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	279,236			280,969
Trust investments	1,667,134			1,668,691
Receivables from customers	255,606			254,294
Unearned finance charge	(6,826		)	(6,772		)
	1,915,914			1,916,213
Allowance for cancellation	(44,375		)	(45,339		)
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	$	1,871,539		$	1,870,874

The cost and fair values associated with our funeral merchandise and service trust investments recorded at fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below. Cost reflects the investment (net of redemptions) of control holders in common trust funds, mutual funds, and private equity investments. Fair value represents the market value of the underlying securities held by the common trust funds, mutual funds at published values, and the estimated fair value of private equity investments (including debt as well as the estimated fair value related to the contract holder’s equity in majority-owned real estate investments).

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	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	99,924	$	1,435	$	(4,221	)	$	97,138
Canadian government	2	94,793		151		(1,066		)	93,878
Corporate	2	56,892		3,965		(361		)	60,496
Residential mortgage-backed	2	2,424		26		(33		)	2,417
Asset-backed	2	3,358		65		—			3,423
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	29,322		1,921		(45		)	31,198
Common stock:
United States	1	369,338		75,887		(6,397		)	438,828
Canada	1	25,182		4,721		(970		)	28,933
Other international	1	34,811		4,904		(480		)	39,235
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	262,636		23,887		(2,132		)	284,391
Fixed income	1	313,960		5,785		(15,800		)	303,945
Private equity	3	32,568		3,069		(8,123		)	27,514
Other	3	3,455		384		—			3,839
Trust investments		$	1,328,663	$	126,200	$	(39,628	)	$	1,415,235

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	110,511	$	1,299	$	(5,599	)	$	106,211
Canadian government	2	100,263		81		(1,113		)	99,231
Corporate	2	64,042		3,515		(691		)	66,866
Residential mortgage-backed	2	2,408		23		(33		)	2,398
Asset-backed	2	3,366		—		(10		)	3,356
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	30,107		754		(235		)	30,626
Common stock:
United States	1	364,721		77,963		(2,928		)	439,756
Canada	1	27,634		4,346		(1,216		)	30,764
Other international	1	35,519		4,986		(199		)	40,306
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	257,256		22,530		(2,303		)	277,483
Fixed income	1	313,606		3,228		(19,577		)	297,257
Private equity	3	32,909		2,702		(8,726		)	26,885
Other	3	1,545		291		(33		)	1,803
Trust investments		$	1,343,887	$	121,718	$	(42,663	)	$	1,422,942

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Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure (FVM&D) Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments. Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

As of March 31, 2014, our unfunded commitment for our private equity and other investments was $7.5 million which, if called, would be funded by the assets of the trusts. Our private equity and other investments include several funds that invest in limited partnerships, distressed debt, real estate, and mezzanine financing. These investments can never be redeemed by the funds. Instead, the nature of the investments in this category is that the distributions are received through the liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. We estimate that the underlying assets will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years.

The change in our market-based funeral merchandise and service trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014					March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other		Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	26,885		$	1,803	$	17,879		$	744
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	(470		)	2,036		10,850			509
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(8		)	—		(5		)	(1		)
Purchases	1,887			—		—			—
Contributions	467			—		637			—
Distributions	(1,247		)	—		(3,630		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	27,514		$	3,839	$	25,731		$	1,252

(1) All unrealized gains (losses) recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

(2) All losses recognized in Other income (expense), net for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities, excluding mutual funds, at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

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	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	132,873
Due in one to five years	54,732
Due in five to ten years	40,276
Thereafter	29,471
	$	257,352

Earnings from all our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are recognized in funeral revenues when a service is performed or merchandise is delivered. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. In addition, we are entitled to retain, in certain jurisdictions, a portion of collected customer payments when a customer cancels a preneed contract; these amounts are also recognized in current revenues. Recognized trust fund income (realized and unrealized) related to these trust investments were $16.1 million and $12.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded a $0.3 millionand a $0.2 million impairment charge, respectively, for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments.

We have determined that the remaining unrealized losses in our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are considered temporary in nature, as the unrealized losses were due to temporary fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. The investments are diversified across multiple industry segments using a balanced allocation strategy to minimize long-term risk. We believe that none of the remaining securities are other-than-temporarily impaired based on our analysis of the investments. Our analysis included a review of the portfolio holdings and discussions with the individual money managers as to the sector exposures, credit ratings and the severity and duration of the unrealized losses. Our funeral merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values, and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, are shown in the following tables:

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	22,414	$	(2,141	)	$	19,008	$	(2,080	)	$	41,422	$	(4,221	)
Canadian government	4,831		(44		)	16,869		(1,022		)	21,700		(1,066		)
Corporate	17,003		(288		)	1,182		(73		)	18,185		(361		)
Residential mortgage-backed	1,250		(24		)	138		(9		)	1,388		(33		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	1,395		(45		)	—		—			1,395		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	87,310		(5,886		)	2,539		(511		)	89,849		(6,397		)
Canada	7,257		(349		)	1,720		(621		)	8,977		(970		)
Other international	4,373		(450		)	307		(30		)	4,680		(480		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	19,712		(400		)	12,319		(1,732		)	32,031		(2,132		)
Fixed income	52,303		(1,978		)	54,279		(13,822		)	106,582		(15,800		)
Private equity	—		—			13,265		(8,123		)	13,265		(8,123		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	217,848	$	(11,605	)	$	121,626	$	(28,023	)	$	339,474	$	(39,628	)

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	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	28,693	$	(3,595	)	$	19,351	$	(2,004	)	$	48,044	$	(5,599	)
Canadian government	9,546		(120		)	18,981		(993		)	28,527		(1,113		)
Corporate	21,357		(346		)	5,654		(345		)	27,011		(691		)
Residential mortgage-backed	1,381		(25		)	172		(8		)	1,553		(33		)
Asset-backed	3,275		(10		)	—		—			3,275		(10		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,028		(235		)	—		—			14,028		(235		)
Common stock:
United States	46,544		(2,153		)	3,327		(775		)	49,871		(2,928		)
Canada	2,433		(576		)	1,992		(641		)	4,425		(1,217		)
Other international	3,396		(138		)	369		(60		)	3,765		(198		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	16,206		(337		)	12,456		(1,966		)	28,662		(2,303		)
Fixed income	143,846		(4,984		)	38,217		(14,593		)	182,063		(19,577		)
Private equity	—		—			13,002		(8,726		)	13,002		(8,726		)
Other	—		—			527		(33		)	527		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	290,705	$	(12,519	)	$	114,048	$	(30,144	)	$	404,753	$	(42,663	)

5. Preneed Cemetery Activities

Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments represent trust investments, including investment earnings, and customer receivables, net of unearned finance charges, for contracts sold in advance of when the property interment rights, merchandise, or services are needed. Our cemetery merchandise and service trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. The trust investments detailed in Notes 4 and 6 are also accounted for as variable interest entities. When we receive payments from the customer, we deposit the amount required by law into the trust and reclassify the corresponding amount from Deferred preneed cemetery revenues into Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. Amounts are withdrawn from the trusts when the contract obligations are performed. Cash flows from preneed cemetery contracts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments are reduced by the trust investment earnings (realized and unrealized) that we have been allowed to withdraw in certain states prior to maturity. These earnings are recorded in Deferred preneed cemetery revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered.

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our preneed cemetery merchandise and service trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	28,271		$	25,268
Withdrawals	34,348			29,881
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	98,758			105,722
Sales of available-for-sale securities	92,317			125,743
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	25,532			16,576
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(2,299		)	(2,170		)

The components of Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

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	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,551,178		$	1,553,719
Cash and cash equivalents	144,265			138,459
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(112,275		)	(107,481		)
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	4			4
Trust investments	1,583,172			1,584,701
Receivables from customers	799,992			800,005
Unearned finance charges	(28,163		)	(27,873		)
	2,355,001			2,356,833
Allowance for cancellation	(53,368		)	(55,922		)
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	$	2,301,633		$	2,300,911

The cost and fair values associated with our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments recorded at fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below. Cost reflects the investment (net of redemptions) of control holders in common trust funds, mutual funds, and private equity investments. Fair value represents the market value of the underlying securities held by the common trust funds, mutual funds at published values, and the estimated fair value of private equity investments.

	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	95,784	$	1,889	$	(6,555	)	$	91,118
Canadian government	2	17,872		197		(115		)	17,954
Corporate	2	45,148		6,188		(401		)	50,935
Residential mortgage-backed	2	395		3		(3		)	395
Asset-backed	2	3,317		81		—			3,398
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	14,871		1,216		(45		)	16,042
Common stock:
United States	1	434,792		138,660		(5,770		)	567,682
Canada	1	14,972		4,235		(891		)	18,316
Other international	1	42,993		9,336		(779		)	51,550
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	333,407		51,731		(1,485		)	383,653
Fixed income	1	341,016		7,690		(27,343		)	321,363
Private equity	3	28,281		3,924		(4,686		)	27,519
Other	3	1,043		216		(6		)	1,253
Trust investments		$	1,373,891	$	225,366	$	(48,079	)	$	1,551,178

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	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	113,621	$	1,714	$	(8,876	)	$	106,459
Canadian government	2	17,073		170		(261		)	16,982
Corporate	2	48,970		5,262		(646		)	53,586
Residential mortgage-backed	2	408		2		(2		)	408
Asset-backed	2	3,346		—		(13		)	3,333
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	16,708		1,106		(123		)	17,691
Common stock:
United States	1	425,246		147,258		(3,231		)	569,273
Canada	1	15,368		4,063		(935		)	18,496
Other international	1	44,184		10,079		(200		)	54,063
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	327,084		49,428		(1,704		)	374,808
Fixed income	1	338,944		5,236		(33,649		)	310,531
Private equity	3	28,625		3,372		(5,153		)	26,844
Other	3	1,078		200		(33		)	1,245
Trust investments		$	1,380,655	$	227,890	$	(54,826	)	$	1,553,719

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments. Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

As of March 31, 2014, our unfunded commitment for our private equity and other investments was $7.8 million which, if called, would be funded by the assets of the trusts. Our private equity and other investments include several funds that invest in limited partnerships, distressed debt, real estate, and mezzanine financing. These investments can never be redeemed by the funds. Instead, the nature of the investments in this category is that the distributions are received through the liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. We estimate that the underlying assets will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years.

The change in our market-based cemetery merchandise and service trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

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	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014						March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other			Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	26,844		$	1,245		$	17,687		$	450
Net unrealized gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	1,487			9			11,400			587
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(8		)	(1		)	(7		)	(2		)
Contributions	499			—			662			—
Distributions	(1,303		)	—			(3,785		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	27,519		$	1,253		$	25,957		$	1,035

(1) All unrealized gains (losses) recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

(2) All losses recognized in Other income (expense), net for our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities, excluding mutual funds, at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	8,842
Due in one to five years	71,928
Due in five to ten years	36,756
Thereafter	46,274
	$	163,800

Earnings from all our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are recognized in current cemetery revenues when a service is performed or merchandise is delivered. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. In addition, we are entitled to retain, in certain jurisdictions, a portion of collected customer payments when a customer cancels a preneed contract; these amounts are also recognized in current revenues. Recognized trust fund income (realized and unrealized) related to these trust investments were $11.5 million and $9.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded a $0.3 million and a $0.4 million impairment charge, respectively, for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments.

We have determined that the remaining unrealized losses in our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are considered temporary in nature, as the unrealized losses were due to temporary fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. The investments are diversified across multiple industry segments using a balanced allocation strategy to minimize long-term risk. We believe that none of the remaining securities are other-than-temporarily impaired based on our analysis of the investments. Our analysis included a review of the portfolio holdings and discussions with the individual money managers as to the sector exposures, credit ratings, and the severity and duration of the unrealized losses. Our cemetery merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 are shown in the following tables:

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	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	38,848	$	(4,286	)	$	19,559	$	(2,269	)	58,407		(6,555		)
Canadian government	11,259		(82		)	1,113		(33		)	12,372		(115		)
Corporate	10,154		(271		)	2,718		(130		)	12,872		(401		)
Residential mortgage-backed	169		(3		)	4		—			173		(3		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2,260		(45		)	—		—			2,260		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	82,419		(5,575		)	2,909		(195		)	85,328		(5,770		)
Canada	1,843		(123		)	2,395		(768		)	4,238		(891		)
Other international	8,190		(699		)	625		(80		)	8,815		(779		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	2,199		(27		)	14,643		(1,458		)	16,842		(1,485		)
Fixed income	84,375		(2,637		)	69,182		(24,706		)	153,557		(27,343		)
Private equity	—		—			6,707		(4,686		)	6,707		(4,686		)
Other	—		—			279		(6		)	279		(6		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	241,716	$	(13,748	)	$	120,134	$	(34,331	)	$	361,850	$	(48,079	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	45,120	$	(6,040	)	$	25,043	$	(2,836	)	$	70,163	$	(8,876	)
Canadian government	9,424		(120		)	3,066		(141		)	12,490		(261		)
Corporate	15,050		(424		)	3,073		(222		)	18,123		(646		)
Residential mortgage-backed	145		(2		)	2		—			147		(2		)
Asset-backed	3,257		(13		)	—		—			3,257		(13		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	5,604		(123		)	—		—			5,604		(123		)
Common stock:
United States	46,317		(2,648		)	3,489		(583		)	49,806		(3,231		)
Canada	1,569		(502		)	1,935		(433		)	3,504		(935		)
Other international	4,344		(124		)	702		(76		)	5,046		(200		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	3,858		(54		)	14,477		(1,650		)	18,335		(1,704		)
Fixed income	134,669		(5,527		)	64,009		(28,122		)	198,678		(33,649		)
Private equity	—		—			6,589		(5,153		)	6,589		(5,153		)
Other	—		—			282		(33		)	282		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	269,357	$	(15,577	)	$	122,667	$	(39,249	)	$	392,024	$	(54,826	)

6. Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts

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We are required by state and provincial law to pay into cemetery perpetual care trusts a portion of the proceeds from the sale of cemetery property interment rights. Our cemetery perpetual care trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. The merchandise and service trust investments detailed in Notes 4 and 5 are also accounted for as variable interest entities. We consolidate our cemetery perpetual care trust investments with a corresponding amount recorded as Care trusts’ corpus. Cash flows from cemetery perpetual care trusts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our cemetery perpetual care trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	11,837		$	8,228
Withdrawals	5,885			9,569
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	38,895			35,052
Sales of available-for-sale securities	30,072			27,490
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	5,045			3,782
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(337		)	(322		)

The components of Cemetery perpetual care trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,373,613		$	1,352,539
Cash and cash equivalents	81,773			78,509
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(112,797		)	(83,426		)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,342,589		$	1,347,622

The cost and fair values associated with our cemetery perpetual care trust investments recorded at fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below. Cost reflects the investment (net of redemptions) of control holders in common trust funds, mutual funds, and private equity investments. Fair value represents the value of the underlying securities or cash held by the common trust funds, mutual funds at published values, and the estimated fair value of private equity investments.

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	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	1,675	$	18	$	(11	)	$	1,682
Canadian government	2	29,208		346		(204		)	29,350
Corporate	2	41,561		733		(309		)	41,985
Residential mortgage-backed	2	4,280		34		(15		)	4,299
Asset-backed	2	3,001		67		(4		)	3,064
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	26,495		1,431		(62		)	27,864
Common stock:
United States	1	232,619		54,271		(2,301		)	284,589
Canada	1	8,446		2,389		(579		)	10,256
Other international	1	21,341		1,863		(166		)	23,038
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	40,452		7,385		(27		)	47,810
Fixed income	1	822,406		45,882		(1,130		)	867,158
Private equity	3	29,074		485		(8,753		)	20,806
Other	3	10,571		1,151		(10		)	11,712
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		$	1,271,129	$	116,055	$	(13,571	)	$	1,373,613

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	1,588	$	9	$	(14	)	$	1,583
Canadian government	2	28,487		301		(459		)	28,329
Corporate	2	43,196		312		(263		)	43,245
Residential mortgage-backed	2	4,258		14		(19		)	4,253
Asset-backed	2	3,006		5		(11		)	3,000
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	25,952		192		(252		)	25,892
Common stock:
United States	1	231,156		53,782		(2,087		)	282,851
Canada	1	8,846		2,222		(623		)	10,445
Other international	1	20,676		1,319		(167		)	21,828
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	41,282		5,693		(35		)	46,940
Fixed income	1	819,439		35,963		(2,598		)	852,804
Private equity	3	28,309		472		(9,002		)	19,779
Other	3	10,521		1,153		(84		)	11,590
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		$	1,266,716	$	101,437	$	(15,614	)	$	1,352,539

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

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Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments.Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

As of March 31, 2014, our unfunded commitment for our private equity and other investments was $0.7 million which, if called, would be funded by the assets of the trusts. Our private equity and other investments include several funds that invest in limited partnerships, distressed debt, real estate, and mezzanine financing. These investments can never be redeemed by the funds. Instead, the nature of the investments in this category is that the distributions are received through the liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. We estimate that the underlying assets will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years.

The change in our market-based cemetery perpetual care trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014						March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other			Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	19,779		$	11,590		$	11,122		$	7,659
Net unrealized gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	727			128			6,069			2,729
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(12		)	(6		)	(82		)	(46		)
Sales	(17		)	—			—			—
Contributions	694			—			1			—
Distributions	(365		)	—			(656		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	20,806		$	11,712		$	16,454		$	10,342

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

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	15,236
Due in one to five years	35,515
Due in five to ten years	24,753
Thereafter	4,876
	$	80,380

Distributable earnings from these cemetery perpetual care trust investments are recognized in current cemetery revenues to the extent we incur qualifying cemetery maintenance costs. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are

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also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. Recognized trust fund income related to these trust investments were $13.3 million and $10.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Cemetery perpetual care trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Care trusts’ corpus. See Note 7 for further information related to our Care trusts’ corpus. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 there was no impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded a $0.1 million impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments.

We have determined that the remaining unrealized losses in our cemetery perpetual care trust investments are considered temporary in nature, as the unrealized losses were due to temporary fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. The investments are diversified across multiple industry segments using a balanced allocation strategy to minimize long-term risk. We believe that none of the remaining securities are other-than-temporarily impaired based on our analysis of the investments. Our analysis included a review of the portfolio holdings, and discussions with the individual money managers as to the sector exposures, credit ratings, and the severity and duration of the unrealized losses. Our cemetery perpetual care trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses, are shown in the following tables.

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,247	$	(11	)	$	2	$	—		$	1,249	$	(11	)
Canadian government	18,422		(146		)	1,818		(58		)	20,240		(204		)
Corporate	15,687		(148		)	3,204		(161		)	18,891		(309		)
Residential mortgage-backed	685		(14		)	11		(1		)	696		(15		)
Asset-backed	391		(4		)	15		—			406		(4		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	3,362		(57		)	46		(5		)	3,408		(62		)
Common stock:
United States	25,383		(1,519		)	2,755		(782		)	28,138		(2,301		)
Canada	1,233		(35		)	1,664		(544		)	2,897		(579		)
Other international	1,847		(21		)	1,020		(145		)	2,867		(166		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	397		(15		)	118		(12		)	515		(27		)
Fixed income	49,171		(893		)	9,632		(237		)	58,803		(1,130		)
Private equity	—		—			20,256		(8,753		)	20,256		(8,753		)
Other	14		(10		)	9,891		—			9,905		(10		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	117,839	$	(2,873	)	$	50,432	$	(10,698	)	$	168,271	$	(13,571	)

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	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,339	$	(14	)	$	20	$	—		$	1,359	$	(14	)
Canadian government	15,777		(214		)	5,131		(245		)	20,908		(459		)
Corporate	22,534		(129		)	3,299		(134		)	25,833		(263		)
Residential mortgage-backed	2,960		(18		)	10		(1		)	2,970		(19		)
Asset-backed	2,835		(10		)	15		(1		)	2,850		(11		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,650		(245		)	44		(7		)	14,694		(252		)
Common stock:
United States	23,825		(1,561		)	3,254		(526		)	27,079		(2,087		)
Canada	667		(129		)	1,794		(494		)	2,461		(623		)
Other international	1,540		(54		)	525		(113		)	2,065		(167		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	391		(14		)	163		(21		)	554		(35		)
Fixed income	181,701		(2,090		)	28,507		(508		)	210,208		(2,598		)
Private equity	—		—			19,242		(9,002		)	19,242		(9,002		)
Other	—		—			9,738		(84		)	9,738		(84		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	268,219	$	(4,478	)	$	71,742	$	(11,136	)	$	339,961	$	(15,614	)

7. Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts’ Corpus

Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust

We consolidate the merchandise and service trusts associated with our preneed funeral and cemetery activities in accordance with the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. Although the guidance requires the consolidation of the merchandise and service trusts, it does not change the legal relationships among the trusts, us, or our customers. The customers are the legal beneficiaries of these merchandise and service trusts, and therefore their interests in these trusts represent a liability to us.

The components of Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	March 31, 2014									December 31, 2013
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total			Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
	(In thousands)									(In thousands)
Trust investments	$	1,667,134		$	1,583,172		$	3,250,306		$	1,668,691		$	1,584,701		$	3,253,392
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,934		)	(2,743		)	(4,677		)	(1,108		)	(1,698		)	(2,806		)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	$	1,665,200		$	1,580,429		$	3,245,629		$	1,667,583		$	1,583,003		$	3,250,586

Care Trusts’ Corpus

The Care trusts’ corpus reflected in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet represents the cemetery perpetual care trusts, including the related accrued expenses.

The components of Care trusts’ corpus in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below.

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	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,342,589		$	1,347,622
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(2,228		)	(1,748		)
Care trusts’ corpus	$	1,340,361		$	1,345,874

Other Income (Expense), Net

The components of Other income (expense), net in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 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, 2014
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	16,101		$	25,532		$	5,045		$	—	$	46,678
Realized losses	(1,474		)	(2,299		)	(337		)	—		(4,110		)
Impairment charges	(251		)	(339		)	(40		)	—		(630		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	5,574			2,495			9,586			—		17,655
Trust expenses and income taxes	(4,467		)	(4,815		)	(1,547		)	—		(10,829		)
Net trust investment income	15,483			20,574			12,707			—		48,764
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(15,483		)	(20,574		)	(12,707		)	—		(48,764		)
Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			1,534		1,534
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	1,534	$	1,534

	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 (expense), net	—			—			—			(984		)	(984		)
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(984	)	$	(984	)

8. Income Taxes

Income tax expense during interim periods is based on our estimated annual effective income tax rate plus any discrete items which are recorded in the period in which they occur. Discrete items include, among others, such events as changes in estimates due to the finalization of tax returns, tax audit settlements, expiration of statute of limitations, and increases or decreases in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. Our effective tax rate was 35.4% and 37.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is primarily due to the benefits associated with the Stewart acquisition coupled with state legislative changes partially offset by an increase in our liability related to

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unrecognized tax benefits. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2014 is above the 35% federal statutory tax rate due to state tax expense which is partially offset by state legislative changes and foreign earnings taxed at lower rates.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

As of March 31, 2014, the gross amount of our unrecognized tax benefits was $136.9 million and the gross amount of our accrued interest was $45.3 million. Additional interest expense of $0.7 million was accrued.

A number of years may elapse before particular tax matters, for which we have unrecognized tax benefits, are settled. While we have effectively concluded our 2003 through 2005 tax years with respect to our affiliate the COOP, SCI and Subsidiaries' tax years 1999 through 2005 remain under review at the IRS Appeals level. SCI and Subsidiaries received a letter of no change to its tax liability for the years 2008 through 2010. Furthermore, SCI and its affiliates are under audit by various state and foreign jurisdictions for years through 2012. The outcome of each of these audits cannot be predicted at this time. It is reasonably possible that the amount of our unrecognized tax benefits could significantly increase or decrease over the next twelve months either because we prevail on positions or because the tax authorities prevail. Due to the uncertainty regarding the timing of completion of audits and possible outcomes, a current estimate of the range of increases or decreases that may occur within the next twelve months cannot be made.

9. Debt

Debt as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014	$	95		$	85,256
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2015	136,465			136,465
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016	197,377			197,377
3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016	154			46,279
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017	295,000			295,000
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	250,000			250,000
6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019	200,000			200,000
7.0% Senior Notes due May 2019	250,000			250,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	200,000			200,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	150,000			150,000
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	425,000			425,000
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	200,000			200,000
Term Loan due July 2018	592,500			600,000
Bank credit facility due July 2018	140,000			30,000
Obligations under capital leases	192,528			189,697
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	4,672			4,752
Unamortized premiums and other, net	5,839			42,084
Total debt	3,239,630			3,301,910
Less:
Current maturities of debt, capital lease obligations, and mortgage notes	(104,284		)	(153,738		)
Current maturities of unamortized premiums and other, net	(1,421		)	(22,624		)
Total current maturities	(105,705		)	(176,362		)
Total long-term debt	$	3,133,925		$	3,125,548

Current maturities of debt at March 31, 2014 primarily comprise our capital leases and amounts due under our term loan. Our consolidated debt had a weighted average interest rate of 5.38% and 5.25% at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Approximately 72% and 76% of our total debt had a fixed interest rate at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Bank Credit Facility

The Company has a $500 million bank credit facility due July 2018 with a syndicate of banks, including a sublimit of $175 million for letters of credit.

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As of March 31, 2014, we have $140.0 million outstanding under our Bank credit facility and $31.6 million of letters of credit. The bank credit facility provides us with flexibility for working capital, if needed, and is guaranteed by a majority of our domestic subsidiaries. The subsidiary guaranty is a guaranty of payment of the outstanding amount of the total lending commitment, including letters of credit. The bank credit facility contains certain financial covenants, including a minimum interest coverage ratio, a maximum leverage ratio, and certain dividend and share repurchase restrictions. We pay a quarterly fee on the unused commitment, which was 0.40% at March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2014, we have $328.4 million in borrowing capacity under the bank credit facility.

Debt Extinguishments and Reductions

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we made debt payments of $181.9 million, including the following scheduled payments and convertible debt payments:

• $86.3 million aggregate principal amount of our 3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014;

• $45.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016;

• $21.7 million aggregate unamortized premiums associated with our 3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014;

• $14.2 million aggregate unamortized premiums associated with our 3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016;

• $7.5 million aggregate principal amount of our Term Loan due July 2018; and

• $7.2 million in scheduled payments for our capital lease obligations.

We did not incur any gains or losses as a result of these transactions.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we paid an aggregate of $11.4 million, to repay our remaining 7.875% Debentures due February 2013 and our capital lease obligations.

Capital Leases

During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we acquired $10.7 million and $14.9 million, respectively, of primarily transportation equipment capital leases.

10. Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value Estimates

The fair value estimates of the following financial instruments have been determined using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, and trade payables approximate the fair values of those instruments due to the short-term nature of the instruments. The fair values of receivables on preneed funeral and cemetery contracts are impracticable to estimate because of the lack of a trading market and the diverse number of individual contracts with varying terms.

The fair value of our debt instruments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

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	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014	$	121	$	106,939
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2015	143,179		144,653
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016	214,647		214,904
3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016	185		60,487
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017	331,285		333,259
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	288,438		288,875
6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019	210,000		210,000
7.0% Senior Notes due May 2019	266,250		270,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	196,000		192,610
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	173,625		173,625
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	434,563		431,588
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	216,500		215,750
Term Loan due July 2018	592,500		600,000
Bank credit facility due July 2018	140,000		30,000
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	4,672		4,752
Total fair value of debt instruments	$	3,211,965	$	3,277,442

The fair values of our long-term, fixed rate loans were estimated using market prices for those loans, and therefore they are classified within Level 1 of the Fair Value Measurements hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC. The bank credit agreement and the mortgage and other debt are classified within Level 3 of the Fair Value Measurements hierarchy. The fair values of these instruments have been estimated using discounted cash flow analysis based on our incremental borrowing rate for similar borrowing arrangements. A significant increase (decrease) in the inputs results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments.

11. Share-Based Compensation

Stock Benefit Plans

We utilize the Black-Scholes option valuation model for estimating the fair value of our stock options. This model uses a range of assumptions related to volatility, the risk-free interest rate, the expected life, and the dividend yield. The fair values of our stock options are calculated using the following weighted average assumptions for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	Three Months Ended
Assumptions	March 31, 2014
Dividend yield	1.8	%
Expected volatility	27.1	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.1	%
Expected holding period (in years)	4.0

Stock Options

The following table sets forth stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	Options		Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2013	13,319,750		$	9.84
Granted	2,495,850		$	17.41
Exercised	(964,403	)	$	8.82
Outstanding at March 31, 2014	14,851,197		$	11.18
Exercisable at March 31, 2014	10,339,379		$	9.14

As of March 31, 2014, the unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options of $14.6 million is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.

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Restricted Shares

Restricted share activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was as follows:

	Restricted shares		Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted shares at December 31, 2013	1,183,229		$	11.81
Granted	344,570		$	17.41
Vested	(187,549	)	$	11.44
Nonvested restricted shares at March 31, 2014	1,340,250		$	13.30

As of March 31, 2014, the unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted shares of $10.8 million is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.

12. Equity

(All shares reported in whole numbers)

Our components of Accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Unrealized Gains and Losses			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
				(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	88,441		$	—		$	88,441
Activity in 2014	(11,226		)	—			(11,226		)
Reduction in net unrealized gains associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts, net of taxes	—			17,039			17,039
Reclassification of net unrealized losses activity attributable to the Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and Care trusts’ corpus, net of taxes	—			(17,039		)	(17,039		)
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	77,215		$	—		$	77,215

The assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rate. The U.S. dollar amount that arises from such translation, as well as exchange gains and losses on intercompany balances of a long-term investment nature, are included in the foreign currency translation adjustment in Accumulated other comprehensive income.

Cash Dividends

On February 12, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $.08 per common share. This dividend, totaling $17.1 million, was paid on March 28, 2014.

Share Repurchases

Subject to market conditions, normal trading restrictions, and limitations in our debt covenants, we may make purchases in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions under our stock repurchase program. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, there were no share repurchases under our share repurchase program. The remaining dollar value of shares authorized to be purchased under our share repurchase program was approximately $190.1 million at March 31, 2014.

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we made $1.1 million of share repurchases that were not part of the publicly announced programs. These shares represent restricted stock that was redeemed by certain employees in lieu of tax liability withholdings and stock option exercises by attestation, which do not affect our share repurchase program.

13. Segment Reporting

Our operations are both product based and geographically based, and the reportable operating segments presented below include our funeral and cemetery operations. Our geographic areas include United States, Canada, and Germany. We conduct both funeral and cemetery operations in the United States and Canada and funeral operations in Germany.

Our reportable segment information is as follows:

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	Funeral		Cemetery		Reportable Segments
	(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues from external customers:
2014	$	510,668	$	236,455	$	747,123
2013	$	462,019	$	190,333	$	652,352
Gross profits:
2014	$	119,389	$	46,993	$	166,382
2013	$	120,131	$	39,526	$	159,657

The following table reconciles gross profits from reportable segments to our consolidated income before income taxes:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Gross profits from reportable segments	$	166,382		$	159,657
General and administrative expenses	(56,010		)	(30,923		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,812		)	(969		)
Operating income	107,560			127,765
Interest expense	(44,996		)	(32,769		)
Other income (expense), net	1,534			(984		)
Income before income taxes	$	64,098		$	94,012

Our geographic area information is as follows:

	United States		Canada		Germany		Total
			(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues from external customers:
2014	$	694,383	$	51,126	$	1,614	$	747,123
2013	$	595,437	$	54,981	$	1,934	$	652,352

14. Supplementary Information

The detail of certain income statement accounts as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations is as follows:

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	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Merchandise revenues:
Funeral	$	164,735	$	160,329
Cemetery	155,392		129,476
Total merchandise revenues	320,127		289,805
Services revenues:
Funeral	311,160		273,830
Cemetery	71,383		54,568
Total services revenues	382,543		328,398
Other revenues	44,453		34,149
Total revenues	$	747,123	$	652,352
Merchandise costs and expenses:
Funeral	$	81,954	$	75,781
Cemetery	69,537		56,553
Total cost of merchandise	151,491		132,334
Services costs and expenses:
Funeral	159,505		136,124
Cemetery	37,038		26,331
Total cost of services	196,543		162,455
Overhead and other expenses	232,707		197,906
Total costs and expenses	$	580,741	$	492,695

Certain Non-Cash Financing Transactions

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Options exercised by attestation	$	761		$	—
Shares repurchased	$	(761	)	$	—

15. Commitments and Contingencies

Insurance Loss Reserves

We purchase comprehensive general liability, morticians’ and cemetery professional liability, automobile liability, and workers’ compensation insurance coverage structured with high deductibles. The high-deductible insurance program means we are primarily self-insured for claims and associated costs and losses covered by these policies. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we have self-insurance reserves of $80.0 million and $78.0 million, respectively.

Litigation

We are a party to various litigation matters, investigations, and proceedings. For each of our outstanding legal matters, we evaluate the merits of the case, our exposure to the matter, possible legal or settlement strategies, and the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome. We intend to vigorously defend ourselves in the lawsuits described herein; however, if we determine that an unfavorable outcome is probable and can be reasonably estimated, we establish the necessary accruals. We hold certain insurance policies that may reduce cash outflows with respect to an adverse outcome of certain of these litigation matters. We accrue such insurance recoveries when they become probable of being paid and can be reasonably estimated.

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Burial Practices Claims. We are named as a defendant in various lawsuits alleging improper burial practices at certain of our cemetery locations. These lawsuits include but are not limited to the Scott and Schwartz lawsuits described in the following paragraphs.

Robert Scott, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. Eden Memorial Park, et al. (previously styled F. Charles Sands, et al. v. Eden Memorial Park, et al.) Case No. BC421528; in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles - Central District. This case was filed in September 2009 against SCI and certain subsidiaries regarding our Eden Memorial Park cemetery in Mission Hills, California. The plaintiff seeks compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages as well as the appointment of a receiver to oversee cemetery operations. The plaintiff alleges the cemetery engaged in wrongful burial practices and did not disclose them to customers. After a hearing in February 2012, the court in May 2012 issued an order certifying classes of cemetery plot owners and their families based on alleged Company misrepresentation, concealment or nondisclosure of material facts regarding alleged improper burial practices pertaining to the period from February 1985 to September 2009. Trial proceedings commenced in January 2014. On February 27, 2014, the Company announced a settlement of the lawsuit and the trial court preliminarily approved the settlement agreement. All claims under the lawsuit will be released if final court approval of the settlement is obtained. The terms of the settlement call for the establishment of a settlement fund of $35,250,000, to which various SCI insurance carriers will contribute $25,250,000 and the Company will contribute the balance. Other provisions call for, among other things, the Company to contribute up to $250,000 toward claims administration costs and take certain actions in performing future burials. In addition, the Company reserves the right to cancel the settlement in the event a certain number of class members opt out of the settlement. The trial court is scheduled to conduct a hearing on May 15, 2014 to consider the final approval of the settlement. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, for the payment of any damages.

Barbara Schwartz & Carol Neitlich, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc., et al.; Case No. 2012CA015954, In the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial District in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. This lawsuit has been removed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and is now Case No. 9:12-CV-80180-DMM. This case was filed by counsel for plaintiffs in the Sands case regarding our Star of David Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Funeral Chapel and Bailey Memorial Gardens located in North Lauderdale, Florida. Plaintiffs seek to certify a class of cemetery plot owners and their families. Plaintiffs allege the cemetery engaged in wrongful burial practices and did not disclose them to customers. Plaintiffs seek compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages as well as the appointment of a receiver to oversee the cemetery operations. On our motion, the court dismissed the plaintiffs' claims in March 2013. The plaintiffs appealed the dismissal. On February 5, 2014, the 11^th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, for the payment of any damages.

Wage and Hour Claims. We are named a defendant in various lawsuits alleging violations of federal and state laws regulating wage and hour overtime pay, including but not limited to the Bryant and Helm lawsuits described below.

Bryant, et al. v. Service Corporation International, et al.; Case No. RG-07359593; and Helm, et al. v. AWGI & SCI; Case No. RG-07359602; in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda. These cases were filed on December 5, 2007. These cases were removed to federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco/Oakland Division. The Bryant case is now Case No. 3:08-CV-01190-SI and the Helm case is now Case No. C 08-01184-SI. On December 29, 2009, the court in the Helm case denied the plaintiffs’ motion to certify the case as a class action. The plaintiffs modified and refiled their motion for certification. On March 9, 2011, the court denied plaintiffs’ renewed motions to certify a class in both of the Bryant and Helm cases and dismissed the Helm case. The Helm plaintiff is appealing the court's order decertifying her claims. The individual claims in the Bryant case are still pending. The plaintiffs have also (i) filed additional lawsuits with similar allegations seeking class certification of state law claims in different states, and (ii) made a large number of demands for arbitration. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, in these lawsuits.

Claims Regarding Acquisition of Stewart Enterprises. We are named as a defendant in the following lawsuit.

Karen Moulton, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Stewart Enterprises, Inc., Service Corporation International and others ; Case No. 2013-5636; in the Civil District Court Parish of New Orleans. This case was filed as a class action in June 2013 against SCI and our subsidiary in connection with SCI's acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. The plaintiffs allege that SCI aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties by Stewart Enterprises and its board of directors in negotiating the combination of Stewart Enterprises with a subsidiary of SCI. The plaintiffs seek damages concerning the combination. We have filed exceptions to the plaintiffs’ complaint that are set for oral hearing on June 12, 2014. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, for the payment of damages.

The ultimate outcome of the matters described above cannot be determined at this time. We intend to vigorously defend all of the above lawsuits; however, an adverse decision in one or more of such matters could have a material effect on us, our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

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16. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per common share (EPS) excludes dilution and is computed by dividing Net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other obligations to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common shares that then shared in our earnings.

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS computations is presented below:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Net income:
Net income — basic	$	41,102	$	57,620
After tax interest on convertible debt	13		13
Net income — diluted	$	41,115	$	57,633
Weighted average shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares — basic	212,838		211,380
Stock options	4,272		3,707
Convertible debt	121		121
Weighted average shares — diluted	217,231		215,208
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19	$	0.27
Diluted	$	0.19	$	0.27

The computation of diluted EPS excludes outstanding stock options and convertible debt in certain periods in which the inclusion of such options and debt would be anti-dilutive in the periods presented. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, total options not currently included in the computation of dilutive EPS were 2.7 million and 1.1 million, respectively.

17. Acquisition

Stewart

On December 23, 2013, pursuant to a tender offer, we acquired Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (Stewart) for 13.25 per share in cash, resulting in a purchase price of $1.5 billion, which includes the assumption of $331.5 million of Stewart’s debt.

The primary reasons for the merger and the principal factors that contributed to the recognition of goodwill in this acquisition were:

• the acquisition of Stewart enhances our network footprint, enabling us to serve a number of new, complementary areas;

• combining the two companies’ operations provides synergies and related cost savings through the elimination of duplicate home office functions and economies of scale; and

• the acquisition of Stewart’s preneed backlog of deferred revenues enhances our long-term stability.

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The following table summarizes the adjusted fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of December 23, 2013:

	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable	$	14,638
Other current assets	198,760
Cemetery property	282,524
Property and equipment, net	338,363
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments	654,805
Finite-lived intangible assets	77,134
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	79,400
Acquired assets held for sale	443,169
Deferred charges and other assets	278,319
Goodwill	625,295
Total assets acquired	2,992,407
Current liabilities	217,175
Long-term debt	270,668
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts	834,320
Assumed liabilities held for sale	162,668
Deferred income taxes	62,409
Other liabilities	279,694
Total liabilities assumed	1,826,934
Noncontrolling interest	118
Net assets acquired	$	1,165,355

We have not finalized our assessment of the fair values as there has been insufficient time between the acquisition date and the issuance of these financial statements to complete our review and final determination of fair value. We made the following adjustments to our estimates of the fair value of assets and liabilities in the first quarter of 2014 and revised the consolidated balance sheet for the year-ended December 31, 2013 included in this filing to reflect these adjustments:

	(In thousands)
Decrease in the fair value of cemetery property	1,942
Decrease in the fair value of property and equipment, net	2,093
Decrease in the fair value of finite-lived intangible assets	29,146
Increase in the fair value of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trust	51,463
Decrease in the fair value of deferred income taxes	(37,760	)
Other	(751	)
Total adjustment to goodwill	46,133

Goodwill, land, and certain identifiable intangible assets recorded in the acquisition are not subject to amortization; however, the goodwill and intangible assets will be tested periodically for impairment as required by the Intangible Assets Topic of the ASC. Of the $625.3 million in goodwill recognized, $281.4 million was allocated to our cemetery segment and $343.9 million was allocated to our funeral segment. As a result of the carryover of Stewart’s tax basis, $3.0 million of this goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The identified intangible assets comprise the following:

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	Useful life
	Minimum	Maximum	Fair Value
	(Years)		(In thousands)
Preneed customer relationships related to insurance claims	10	20	$	28,500
Other preneed customer relationships	10	14	21,960
Selling and management agreements	20	40	5,900
Covenants-not-to-compete	5	15	5,480
Operating leases	26	34	6,144
Tradenames	5	5	9,150
Tradenames		Indefinite	77,900
Licenses and permits		Indefinite	1,500
Total intangible assets			$	156,534

The condensed statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 includes the results of operations of Stewart. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the following unaudited pro forma information presents information as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2013:

	2013
	(In thousands)
	(unaudited)
Revenue	$	750,105
Net income	$	64,218

SCI Direct

During 2013, we acquired an additional 20% of the outstanding shares of The Neptune Society, Inc. increasing our ownership from 70% to 90%. On January 1, 2014 The Neptune Society, Inc. changed its legal name to SCI Direct, Inc. During 2014, the Company acquired the remaining 10% of the outstanding shares of SCI Direct (formerly The Neptune Society, Inc.). SCI Direct is our direct cremation business and manages operations under various brand names, including Neptune Society, National Cremation Service, Trident Society, and Cremation Society of Virginia. This activity expands our footprint into a sector of the market that will continue to grow and that we do not currently target through our traditional funeral service and cemetery network.

18. Divestiture-Related Activities

As divestitures occur in the normal course of business, gains or losses on the sale of such locations are recognized in the income statement line item (Losses) gains on divestitures and impairment charges, net, which consist of the following for the three months ended March 31, :

	Three Months Ended
	March 31
	2014			2013
(Losses) gains on divestitures, net	$	1,927		$	(891	)
Impairment losses	(4,739		)	(78		)
	$	(2,812	)	$	(969	)

Assets Held for Sale

In connection with the acquisition of Stewart, we have agreed to a consent order with the staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that identifies certain properties the FTC will require us to divest as a result of the acquisition. The consent order has been approved by the FTC commissioners. As a result, these properties have been classified as assets held for sale in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Net assets held for sale at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:

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	March 31		December 31
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	5,740	$	4,569
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments	346,690		342,728
Cemetery property	103,391		83,115
Property and equipment, net	82,631		63,356
Goodwill	127,138		140,860
Deferred charges and other assets	22,954		32,989
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	112,197		83,426
Total assets	$	800,741	$	751,043
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	4,850		3,183
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts	387,620		349,449
Care trusts' corpus	112,197		83,426
Other long term liabilities	4,606		4,209
Total liabilities	509,273		440,267
Net assets held for sale	$	291,468	$	310,776

19. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes

In conjunction with the Stewart acquisition, we assumed $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.5% senior notes due 2019 that were originally issued by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. ('Subsidiary Issuer') and issued a parent guarantee of the notes.

The following tables present the condensed consolidating historical financial statements as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, for SCI ('Parent') on a parent only basis; the Subsidiary Issuer on a parent only basis; the Guarantor subsidiaries, which serve as guarantors for all three notes, on a combined basis; all other non-guarantor subsidiaries on a combined basis; the eliminations necessary to arrive at the information for the Company on a consolidated basis; and the Company on a consolidated basis.

Non-guarantor subsidiaries of the three notes include the Puerto Rican subsidiaries of the Subsidiary Issuer; Investors Trust, Inc.; certain immaterial domestic subsidiaries of the Subsidiary Issuer, which are not 100 percent-owned, or are prohibited by law from guaranteeing the notes; and all subsidiaries of the Parent that are not subsidiaries of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. The guarantor subsidiaries of the notes are 100 percent-owned directly or indirectly by the Parent and the Subsidiary Issuer. The guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several. The Issuer and Guarantor amounts are not reflected in the Statement of Operations, Comprehensive Income, and Cash Flows information for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as they were not owned by the Company during that period.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues	$	—		$	—		$	110,165		$	636,958		$	—		$	747,123
Costs and expenses	—			—			(78,197		)	(502,544		)	—			(580,741		)
Gross profits	—			—			31,968			134,414			—			166,382
General and administrative expenses	(267		)	(8,979		)	—			(46,764		)	—			(56,010		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	—			—			(66		)	(2,746		)	—			(2,812		)
Operating income	$	(267	)	$	(8,979	)	$	31,902		$	84,904		$	—		$	107,560
Interest expense	(40,593		)	(2,652		)	—			(1,751		)	—			(44,996		)
Equity in subsidiaries	66,917			19,394			384			—			(86,695		)	—
Other (expense) income, net	—			(2		)	1			1,535			—			1,534
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	26,057		$	7,761		$	32,287		$	84,688		$	(86,695	)	$	64,098
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	15,045			4,691			(12,863		)	(29,580		)	—			(22,707		)
Net income	41,102			12,452			19,424			55,108			(86,695		)	41,391
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			—			—			(289		)	$	(289	)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	41,102		$	12,452		$	19,424		$	55,108		$	(86,984	)	$	41,102

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues	$	—		$	652,352		$	—		$	652,352
Costs and expenses	—			(492,695		)	—			(492,695		)
Gross profits	—			159,657			—			159,657
General and administrative expenses	(262		)	(30,661		)	—			(30,923		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	—			(969		)	—			(969		)
Operating income	(262		)	128,027			—			127,765
Interest expense	(31,035		)	(1,734		)	—			(32,769		)
Equity in subsidiaries	77,420			—			(77,420		)	—
Other (expense) income, net	—			(984		)	—			(984		)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	46,123			125,309			(77,420		)	94,012
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	11,497			(46,787		)	—			(35,290		)
Net income	57,620			78,522			(77,420		)	58,722
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			(1,102		)	(1,102		)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	57,620		$	78,522		$	(78,522	)	$	57,620

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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income	$	41,102		$	12,452	$	19,424	$	55,108		$	(86,695	)	$	41,391
Other comprehensive income	(11,226		)	—		—		(11,226		)	10,937			(11,515		)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	29,876		$	12,452	$	19,424	$	43,882		$	(75,758	)	$	29,876

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income	$	57,620		$	78,522		$	(77,420	)	$	58,722
Other comprehensive income	(5,512		)	(5,512		)	4,410			(6,614		)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	52,108		$	73,010		$	(73,010	)	$	52,108

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	March 31, 2014
	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—	$	21,341	$	753	$	126,525	$	—		$	148,619
Receivables, net	—		909		5,536		99,368		—			105,813
Inventories, net	—		—		10,194		24,314		—			34,508
Current assets held for sale	—		—		4,164		1,576		—			5,740
Other	9,176		7,668		34,403		30,077		—			81,324
Total current assets	$	9,176	$	29,918	$	55,050	$	281,860	$	—		$	376,004
Equity in subsidiaries	4,280,493		657,543		4,546		—		(4,942,582		)	—
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		376,292		1,495,247		—			1,871,539
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		255,305		2,046,328		—			2,301,633
Cemetery property, at cost	—		—		233,661		1,487,785		—			1,721,446
Property and equipment, net	—		13,900		294,574		1,578,545		—			1,887,019
Non-current assets held for sale	—		—		451,409		343,592		—			795,001
Deferred charges and other assets	39,887		17,684		171,703		402,485		—			631,759
Goodwill, net	—		647,890		—		1,330,731		—			1,978,621
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	—		—		206,859		1,135,730		—			1,342,589
Total assets	$	4,329,556	$	1,366,935	$	2,049,399	$	10,102,303	$	(4,942,582	)	$	12,905,611
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	54,039	$	25,723	$	25,955	$	371,651	$	—		$	477,368
Current maturities of long-term debt	—		95		291		105,319		—			105,705
Current liabilities held for sale	—		—		3,484		1,366		—			4,850
Income taxes	—		74		90		3,137		—			3,301
Total current liabilities	$	54,039	$	25,892	$	29,820	$	481,473	$	—		$	591,224
Long-term debt	2,833,690		209,418		172		90,645		—			3,133,925
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	—		—		177,046		495,585		—			672,631
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	—		—		106,168		880,370		—			986,538
Deferred tax liability	1,082		—		152,608		433,301		—			586,991
Non-current liabilities held for sale	—		—		208,029		296,394		—			504,423
Other liabilities	4,318		14,779		7,168		378,428		—			404,693
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	—		—		473,606		2,772,023		—			3,245,629
Care trusts’ corpus	—		—		207,309		1,133,052		—			1,340,361
Equity:
Common stock	213,532		85,175		102		25		(85,302		)	213,532
Other equity	1,145,680		1,031,671		687,371		3,141,007		(4,860,049		)	1,145,680
Accumulated other comprehensive income	77,215		—		—		—		—			77,215
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,436,427		1,116,846		687,473		3,141,032		(4,945,351		)	1,436,427
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		2,769			2,769
Total equity	1,436,427		1,116,846		687,473		3,141,032		(4,942,582		)	1,439,196
Total liabilities and equity	$	4,329,556	$	1,366,935	$	2,049,399	$	10,102,303	$	(4,942,582	)	$	12,905,611

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	December 31, 2013
	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—	$	53,543	$	1,898	$	89,432	$	—		$	144,873
Receivables, net	—		442		23,908		81,549		—			105,899
Inventories, net	—		—		10,925		23,743		—			34,668
Current assets held for sale	—		—		3,333		1,236		—			4,569
Other	9,083		29,133		35,368		31,014		—			104,598
Total current assets	9,083		83,118		75,432		226,974		—			394,607
Equity in subsidiaries	4,132,098		828,457		4,546		—		(4,965,101		)	—
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		358,567		1,512,307		—			1,870,874
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		265,346		2,035,565		—			2,300,911
Cemetery property, at cost	—		—		264,226		1,482,899		—			1,747,125
Property and equipment, net	—		15,243		306,174		1,599,451		—			1,920,868
Non-current assets held for sale	—		—		443,170		303,304		—			746,474
Deferred charges and other assets	42,068		31,807		150,665		407,548		—			632,088
Goodwill, net	—		624,711		—		1,343,524		—			1,968,235
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	—		—		223,903		1,123,719		—			1,347,622
Total assets	$	4,183,249	$	1,583,336	$	2,092,029	$	10,035,291	$	(4,965,101	)	$	12,928,804
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	31,914	$	46,020	$	43,706	$	365,008	$	—		$	486,648
Current maturities of long-term debt	30,000		106,939		—		39,423		—			176,362
Current liabilities held for sale	—		—		1,647		1,536		—			3,183
Income taxes	—		560		1,427		4,404		—			6,391
Total current liabilities	61,914		153,519		46,780		410,371		—			672,584
Long-term debt	2,701,611		270,578		89		153,270		—			3,125,548
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	—		—		176,958		509,202		—			686,160
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	—		—		85,163		889,594		—			974,757
Deferred tax liability	1,092		—		61,835		518,513		—			581,440
Non-current liabilities held for sale	—		—		162,668		274,416		—			437,084
Other liabilities	4,402		29,944		11,116		384,931		—			430,393
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	—		—		503,667		2,746,919		—			3,250,586
Care trusts’ corpus	—		—		223,903		1,121,971		—			1,345,874
Equity:
Common stock	212,317		85,175		102		25		(85,302		)	212,317
Other equity	1,113,472		1,044,120		819,748		2,937,638		(4,801,506		)	1,113,472
Accumulated other comprehensive income	88,441		—		—		88,441		(88,441		)	88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,414,230		1,129,295		819,850		3,026,104		(4,975,249		)	1,414,230
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		10,148			10,148
Total equity	1,414,230		1,129,295		819,850		3,026,104		(4,965,101		)	1,424,378
Total liabilities and equity	$	4,183,249	$	1,583,336	$	2,092,029	$	10,035,291	$	(4,965,101	)	$	12,928,804

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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(28,168	)	$	(32,202	)	$	47,998		$	140,259		$	—		$	127,887
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	—			—			(4,120		)	(21,102		)	—			(25,222		)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—			—			—			(779		)	—			(779		)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	—			—			—			2,639			—			2,639
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	—			2,035			(14,260		)	—			—			(12,225		)
Contributions to subsidiaries	(70,858		)	—			—			—			70,858			—
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(70,858		)	2,035			(18,380		)	(19,242		)	70,858			(35,587		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	110,000			—			—			—			—			110,000
Payments of debt	(7,500		)	—			—			(79		)	—			(7,579		)
Early extinguishment of debt	—			(167,093		)	—			—			—			(167,093		)
Principal payments on capital leases	—			—			(23		)	(7,208		)	—			(7,231		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,915			—			—			—			—			7,915
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	6,744			—			—			—			—			6,744
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,053		)	—			—			—			—			(1,053		)
Payments of dividends	(17,080		)	—			—			—			—			(17,080		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			(15,000		)	—			(15,000		)
Bank overdrafts and other	—			—			—			3,762			—			3,762
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	—			165,058			(30,740		)	(63,460		)	(70,858		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	99,026			(2,035		)	(30,763		)	(81,985		)	(70,858		)	(86,615		)
Effect of foreign currency	—			—			—			(1,939		)	—			(1,939		)
Net decrease (increase) in cash and cash equivalents	—			(32,202		)	(1,145		)	37,093			—			3,746
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	—			53,543			1,898			89,432			—			144,873
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	21,341		$	753		$	126,525		$	—		$	148,619

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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(1,261	)	$	152,385		$	—		$	151,124
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	—			(22,569		)	—			(22,569		)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	—			1,816			—			1,816
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	—			339			—			339
Distributions from subsidiaries	16,558			—			(16,558		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	16,558			(20,414		)	(16,558		)	(20,414		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of debt	(4,757		)	(191		)	—			(4,948		)
Principal payments on capital leases	—			(6,468		)	—			(6,468		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	3,094			—			—			3,094
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	772			—			—			772
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,708		)	—			—			(1,708		)
Payments of dividends	(12,698		)	—			—			(12,698		)
Distributions to parent	—			(16,558		)	16,558			—
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			(8,333		)	—			(8,333		)
Bank overdrafts and other	—			(4,004		)	—			(4,004		)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(15,297		)	(35,554		)	16,558			(34,293		)
Effect of foreign currency	—			(579		)	—			(579		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			95,838			—			95,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	—			92,708			—			92,708
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	188,546		$	—		$	188,546

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The Company

We are North America’s largest provider of deathcare products and services, with a network of funeral homes and cemeteries unequalled in geographic scale and reach. At March 31, 2014, we operated 1,638 funeral service locations and 515 cemeteries (including 283 combination locations) in North America, which are geographically diversified across 43 states, 8 Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Our funeral segment also includes the operations of 12 funeral homes in Germany that we intend to exit when economic values and conditions are conducive to a sale. Our funeral service and cemetery operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and related businesses. We sell cemetery property and funeral and cemetery products and services at the time of need and on a preneed basis.

Our financial position is enhanced by our $9.1 billion backlog of future revenues from both trust and insurance-funded sales at March 31, 2014, which is the result of preneed funeral and cemetery sales. Preneed selling provides us with a current opportunity to lock-in future market share while deterring the customer from going to a competitor in the future. We believe it adds to the stability and predictability of our revenue and cash flows. While revenue on the majority of preneed funeral sales is deferred until the time of need, sales of preneed cemetery property provides opportunities for full current revenue recognition (to the extent we collect 10% from the customer and the property is developed).

We believe we have the financial strength and flexibility to reward shareholders through dividends while maintaining a prudent capital structure and pursuing new opportunities for profitable growth. We currently have approximately $190.1 million authorized to repurchase our common stock.

Factors affecting our operating results include: demographic trends in terms of population growth and average age, which impact death rates and number of deaths; establishing and maintaining leading market share positions supported by strong local heritage and relationships; effectively responding to increasing cremation trends by selling complementary services and merchandise; controlling salary and merchandise costs; and exercising pricing leverage related to our at-need revenues. The average revenue per funeral contract is influenced by the mix of traditional and cremation services because our average cremation service revenue is approximately half of the average revenue earned from a traditional burial service. To further enhance revenue opportunities we are developing memorialization products and services that specifically appeal to cremation customers. We believe that these additional products and services will help drive increases in the average revenue for a cremation in future periods.

For further discussion of our key operating metrics, see our Results of Operations and Cash Flow sections below.

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

Capital Allocation Considerations

We rely on cash flow from operations as a significant source of liquidity. Our cash flow from operating activities provided $127.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014. In addition, we have $328.4 million in excess borrowing capacity under our bank credit facility which expires in March 2016. We currently have no significant maturities of long-term debt until April 2015.

Our bank credit facility requires us to maintain certain leverage and interest coverage ratios. As of March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with all of our debt covenants. Our financial covenant requirements and actual ratios as of March 31, 2014 are as follows:

	Per Credit Agreement	Actual
Leverage ratio	5.00 (Max)	3.95
Interest coverage ratio	3.00 (Min)	5.69

We believe the sources of liquidity can be supplemented by our ability to access the capital markets for additional debt or equity securities. We believe that our $148.6 million of cash on hand, future operating cash flows, and the available capacity under our credit facility will give us adequate liquidity to meet our short-term needs as well as our long-term financial obligations.

It is our intention to evaluate the best uses of our cash flow that will yield the highest value and return on capital. Our capital deployment strategy is prioritized as follows:

Reinvest in the core business. We expect to continue to focus on funding growth initiatives that generate increased profitability, revenue, and cash flows. Our primary internal growth initiative is to increase our funeral and cemetery preneed backlog to grow the Company over the long-term. We will also invest in the construction of funeral home facilities and in the construction of

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cemetery property to promote future cemetery sales growth. Lastly, from time to time we may have other smaller capital projects, primarily related to the improvement of processes and systems.

Invest in acquisitions. We intend to make acquisitions of funeral homes and cemeteries when pricing and terms are favorable. We expect an acquisition investment to earn an after-tax cash return that is in excess of our weighted average cost of capital with room for execution risk. We target businesses with favorable consumer segments and/or where we can achieve additional economies of scale.

Repurchase shares. Absent a strategic acquisition opportunity, we believe share repurchases are attractive at the appropriate price. Currently, we have approximately $190.1 million authorized under our share repurchase program. We intend to make purchases from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, debt covenants, and normal trading restrictions. Our credit agreement contains covenants that limit our ability to repurchase our common stock. There can be no assurance that we will buy our common stock under our share repurchase program in the future.

Pay a dividend. Beginning in November 2007, we began to pay quarterly dividends of $0.04 per common share. The quarterly dividend has steadily increased over the past few years with the latest increase to $0.08 per common share approved by the Board of Directors on February 12, 2014. We intend to continue to grow our cash dividend commensurate with the growth of our free cash flow. While we intend to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, all future dividends are subject to limitations in our debt covenants and final determination by our Board of Directors each quarter upon review of our financial performance.

Repurchase debt. We will seek to make open market debt repurchases when it is opportunistic to do so relative to other capital deployment opportunities in order to manage our near-term debt maturity profile.

The Company has a relatively consistent annual cash flow stream which is generally resistant to down economic cycles. This cash flow stream is available to substantially reduce our long-term debt maturities should we choose to do so. Furthermore, the Company's capital expenditures are generally discretionary in nature and can be managed based on the availability of operating cash flow.

Cash Flow

We believe our ability to generate strong operating cash flow is one of our fundamental financial strengths and provides us with substantial flexibility in meeting operating and investing needs.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased $23.2 million to $127.9 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $151.1 million in the same period of 2013. Included in 2014 are acquisition costs related to the Stewart acquisition of $28.4 million and a $5.9 million increase in excess tax benefits from share based awards, partially offset by a $1.3 million decrease in system and process transition costs and a $1.0 million decrease in legal defense fees.

Excluding the above items, cash flow from operations increased $8.8 million as a result of the following. The increases and decreases described below primarily resulted from the increase in the Company's size due to the Stewart acquisition.

• a $90.2 million increase in cash receipts from customers as a result of higher atneed and preneed sales; and

• a $4.3 million increase in General Agency (GA) receipts, partially offset by

• a $35.8 million increase in vendor payments;

• a $28.5 million increase in employee compensation;

• a $13.9 million increase in cash interest paid; and

• an $8.1 million increase in cash tax payments.

Investing Activities

Cash flows from investing activities used $35.6 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to using $20.4 million in the same period of 2013. This increase was primarily attributable to:

• a $12.6 million increase in net deposits of restricted funds;

• a $2.7 million increase in capital expenditures; and

• a $0.8 million increase in cash spent on acquisitions; partially offset by

• a $0.8 million increase in cash receipts from divestitures and asset sales.

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Financing Activities

Financing activities used $86.6 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to using $34.3 million in the same period of 2013. This increase was primarily due to the increase in net debt payments in 2014.

Financial Assurances

In support of our operations, we have entered into arrangements with certain surety companies whereby such companies agree to issue surety bonds on our behalf as financial assurance and/or as required by existing state and local regulations. The surety bonds are used for various business purposes; however, the majority of the surety bonds issued and outstanding have been used to support our preneed funeral and cemetery sales activities. The obligations underlying these surety bonds are recorded on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as Deferred preneed funeral revenues and Deferred preneed cemetery revenues. The breakdown of surety bonds between funeral and cemetery preneed arrangements, as well as surety bonds for other activities, is described below.

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(Dollars in millions)
Preneed funeral	$	114.8	$	120.3
Preneed cemetery:
Merchandise and services	129.4		131.3
Pre-construction	4.4		2.9
Bonds supporting preneed funeral and cemetery obligations	248.6		254.5
Bonds supporting preneed business permits	4.4		2.8
Other bonds	18.4		17.9
Total surety bonds outstanding	$	271.4	$	275.2

When selling preneed funeral and cemetery contracts, we may post surety bonds where allowed by state law. We post the surety bonds in lieu of trusting a certain amount of funds received from the customer. The amount of the bond posted is generally determined by the total amount of the preneed contract that would otherwise be required to be trusted, in accordance with applicable state law. For both the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we had $4.4 million of cash receipts attributable to bonded sales. These amounts do not consider reductions associated with taxes, obtaining costs, or other costs.

Surety bond premiums are paid annually and are automatically renewable until maturity of the underlying preneed contracts, unless we are given prior notice of cancellation. Except for cemetery pre-construction bonds (which are irrevocable), the surety companies generally have the right to cancel the surety bonds at any time with appropriate notice. In the event a surety company were to cancel the surety bond, we are required to obtain replacement surety assurance from another surety company or fund a trust for an amount generally less than the posted bond amount. Management does not expect that we will be required to fund material future amounts related to these surety bonds because of lack of surety capacity or surety company non-performance.

Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Activities and Backlog of Contracts

In addition to selling our products and services to client families at the time of need, we sell price-guaranteed preneed funeral and cemetery contracts, which provide for future funeral or cemetery services and merchandise. Since preneed funeral and cemetery services or merchandise will not be provided until sometime in the future, most states and provinces require that all or a portion of the funds collected from customers on preneed funeral and cemetery contracts be paid into merchandise and service trusts until the merchandise is delivered or the service is performed. These trust funds own investments in equity and debt securities and mutual funds, which are sensitive to current market prices. In certain situations, as described above, where permitted by state or provincial laws, we post a surety bond as financial assurance for a certain amount of the preneed funeral or cemetery contract in lieu of placing funds into trust accounts. Trust-Funded Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Contracts: The funds are deposited into trust and invested by independent trustees in accordance with state and provincial laws. We retain any funds above the amounts required to be deposited into trust accounts and use them for working capital purposes, generally to offset the selling and administrative costs of our preneed programs.

The table below details our results of preneed funeral and cemetery production and maturities, excluding insurance contracts, for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

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	North America
	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(Dollars in millions)
Funeral:
Preneed trust-funded (including bonded):
Sales production	$	59.3	$	46.3
Sales production (number of contracts)	20,400		17,253
Maturities	$	58.1	$	50.9
Maturities (number of contracts)	15,365		14,636
Cemetery:
Sales production:
Preneed	$	151.7	$	133.2
Atneed	81.0		63.3
Total sales production	$	232.7	$	196.5
Sales production deferred to backlog:
Preneed	$	60.9	$	49.2
Atneed	62.7		47.7
Total sales production deferred to backlog	$	123.6	$	96.9
Revenue recognized from backlog:
Preneed	$	42.3	$	35.9
Atneed	59.9		45.5
Total revenue recognized from backlog	$	102.2	$	81.4

Insurance-Funded Preneed Funeral Contracts: Where permitted by state or provincial law, customers may arrange their preneed funeral contract by purchasing a life insurance or annuity policy from third-party insurance companies, for which we earn a commission as general sales agent for the insurance company. The policy amount of the insurance contract between the customer and the third-party insurance company generally equals the amount of the preneed funeral contract. As the insurance contract is between the insurance company and the customer, we do not reflect the unfulfilled insurance-funded preneed funeral contract amounts in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The table below details the results of insurance-funded preneed funeral production and maturities for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the number of contracts associated with those transactions.

	North America
	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(Dollars in millions)
Preneed funeral insurance-funded:
Sales production (1)	$	155.1	$	137.9
Sales production (number of contracts) (1)	26,331		24,134
General Agency revenue	$	29.4	$	25.2
Maturities	$	101.0	$	92.7
Maturities (number of contracts)	18,519		16,305

(1) Amounts are not included in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

North America Backlog of Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Contracts: The following table reflects our North America backlog of trust-funded deferred preneed funeral and cemetery contract revenues, including amounts related to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. Additionally, the table reflects our backlog of unfulfilled insurance-funded contracts (which are not included in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet) at March 31,

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2014 and December 31, 2013. The backlog amounts presented are reduced by an amount that we believe will cancel before maturity based on historical experience.

The table also reflects our preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments (fair value and cost basis) associated with the backlog of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery contract revenues, net of the estimated cancellation allowance. We believe that the table below is meaningful because it sets forth the aggregate amount of future revenues we expect to recognize as a result of preneed sales, as well as the amount of assets associated with those revenues. Because the future revenues exceed the asset amounts, future revenues will exceed the cash distributions actually received from the associated trusts.

	March 31, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Fair Value			Cost			Fair Value			Cost
				(Dollars in billions)
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	$	0.67		$	0.67		$	0.69		$	0.69
Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust	1.67			1.58			1.67			1.59
	$	2.34		$	2.25		$	2.36		$	2.28
Allowance for cancellation on trust investments	(0.19		)	(0.19		)	(0.22		)	(0.22		)
Backlog of trust-funded preneed funeral revenues	$	2.15		$	2.06		$	2.14		$	2.06
Backlog of insurance-funded preneed funeral revenues (1)	4.49			4.49			4.45			4.45
Total backlog of preneed funeral revenues	$	6.64		$	6.55		$	6.59		$	6.51
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	$	1.87		$	1.78		$	1.87		$	1.79
Allowance for cancellation on trust investments	(0.16		)	(0.16		)	(0.18		)	(0.18		)
Assets associated with backlog of trust-funded deferred preneed funeral revenues, net of estimated allowance for cancellation	$	1.71		$	1.62		$	1.69		$	1.61
Insurance policies associated with insurance-funded deferred preneed funeral revenues, net of estimated allowance for cancellation (1)	4.49			4.49			4.45			4.45
Total assets associated with backlog of preneed funeral revenues, net of estimated allowance for cancellation	$	6.20		$	6.11		$	6.14		$	6.06
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	$	0.99		$	0.99		$	0.97		$	0.97
Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust	1.58			1.40			1.58			1.41
	$	2.57		$	2.39		$	2.55		$	2.38
Allowance for cancellation on trust investments	(0.12		)	(0.12		)	(0.19		)	(0.19		)
Total backlog of deferred cemetery revenues	$	2.45		$	2.27		$	2.36		$	2.19
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	$	2.30		$	2.13		$	2.29		$	2.12
Allowance for cancellation on trust investments	(0.13		)	(0.13		)	(0.19		)	(0.19		)
Total assets associated with backlog of deferred cemetery revenues, net of estimated allowance for cancellation	$	2.17		$	2.00		$	2.10		$	1.93

(1) Amounts are not included in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The fair value of our funeral and cemetery trust investments was based on a combination of quoted market prices, observable inputs such as interest rates or yield curves, and appraisals. The difference between the backlog and asset amounts represents the contracts for which we have posted surety bonds as financial assurance in lieu of trusting, the amounts collected from customers that were not required to be deposited into trust, and allowable cash distributions from trust assets. The table also reflects the amounts expected to be received from insurance companies through the assignment of policy proceeds related to insurance-funded funeral contracts.

Trust Investments

In addition to selling our products and services to client families at the time of need, we sell price-guaranteed preneed funeral and cemetery contracts, which provide for future funeral or cemetery services and merchandise. Since preneed funeral and cemetery services or merchandise will not be provided until sometime in the future, most states and provinces require that all or a portion of the funds collected from customers on preneed funeral and cemetery contracts be paid into trusts and/or preneed escrow accounts until the merchandise is delivered or the service is performed. Investment earnings associated with the trust investments are expected to mitigate the inflationary costs of providing the preneed funeral and cemetery services and merchandise in the future for the prices that were guaranteed at the time of sale.

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Also, we are required by state and provincial law to pay a portion of the proceeds from the sale of cemetery property interment rights into perpetual care trusts. For these investments, the original corpus remains in the trust in perpetuity and the net ordinary earnings are intended to offset the expense to maintain the cemetery property. The majority of states require that net gains or losses are retained and added to the corpus, but certain states allow the net realized gains and losses to be included in the income that is distributed.

Independent trustees manage and invest all of the funds deposited into the funeral and cemetery merchandise and service trusts as well as the cemetery perpetual care trusts. The trustees are selected based on their respective geographic footprint and qualifications per state and provincial regulations. All of the trustees engage the same independent investment advisor indirectly through SCI's wholly-owned registered investment advisor. The trustees, with input from the investment advisor, establish an investment policy that serves as an operating document to guide the investment activities of the trusts including asset allocation and manager selection. The investments are also governed by state and provincial guidelines. Asset allocation is based on the liability structure of each funeral, cemetery, and perpetual care trust. The investment advisor recommends investment managers to the trustees that are selected on the basis of various criteria set forth in the investment policy. The primary investment objectives for the funeral and cemetery merchandise and service trusts include (1) achieving growth of principal over time sufficient to preserve and increase the purchasing power of the assets, and (2) preserving capital within acceptable levels of volatility. Preneed funeral and cemetery contracts generally take years to mature. Therefore, the funds associated with these contracts are often invested for several market cycles. While cemetery perpetual care trusts share the same investment objectives as listed above, these trusts emphasize providing a steady stream of investment income with some capital appreciation. The trusts seek to control risk and volatility through a combination of asset styles, asset classes, and institutional investment managers.

As of March 31, 2014, 82% of our trusts were under the control and custody of two large financial institutions engaged as preferred trustees. The U.S. trustees primarily use common trust fund structures as the investment vehicle for their trusts. Through the common trust fund structure, each respective trustee manages the allocation of assets through individual managed accounts or institutional mutual funds. In the event a particular state prohibits the use of a common trust fund as a qualified investment, the trustee utilizes institutional mutual funds. The U.S. trusts include a modest allocation to alternative investments, which are comprised primarily of private equity and real estate investments. These investments are structured as limited liability companies (LLCs) and are managed by certain trustees. The trusts that are eligible to allocate a portion of their investments to alternative investments purchase units of the respective LLCs.

Fixed Income Securities

Fixed income investments are intended to preserve principal, provide a source of current income, and reduce overall portfolio volatility. The SCI trusts have direct investments primarily in government fixed income securities. Insurance backed fixed income investments preserve the principal, guarantee annual appreciation, and reduce overall portfolio volatility.

Canadian government fixed income securities are investments in Canadian federal and provincial government instruments. In many cases, regulatory restrictions mandate that the funds from the sales of preneed funeral and cemetery products sold in certain Canadian jurisdictions must be invested in these instruments.

Equity Securities

Equity investments have historically provided long-term capital appreciation in excess of inflation. The SCI trusts have direct investments primarily in domestic equity portfolios that include large, mid, and small capitalization companies of different investment objectives (i.e., growth and value). The majority of the equity portfolio is managed by multiple institutional investment managers that specialize in an objective-specific area of expertise. Our equity securities are exposed to market risk; however, these securities are well-diversified. As of March 31, 2014, the largest single equity position represented less than 1% of the total equity securities portfolio.

Mutual Funds

The SCI trust funds employ institutional mutual funds where operationally or economically efficient. Institutional mutual funds are utilized to invest in various asset classes including US equities, non-US equities, convertible bonds, corporate bonds, government bonds, Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS), high yield bonds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and commodities. The mutual funds are governed by guidelines outlined in their individual prospectuses.

Private Equity

The objective of these investments is to provide high rates of return with controlled volatility. These investments are typically long-term in duration. These investments are diversified by strategy, sector, manager, and vintage year. Private equity exposure is accessed through limited liability companies (LLCs) established by certain preferred trustees. These LLCs invest in numerous

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limited partnerships, including private equity, fund of funds, distressed debt, and mezzanine financing. The trustees that have oversight of their respective LLCs work closely with the investment advisor in making all current investments.

Trust Performance

The trust fund income recognized from these investment assets continues to be volatile. During the twelve months ended March 31, 2014, the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index increased approximately 21.9% and the Barclay’s Aggregate Index decreased approximately 0.1%, while the combined SCI trusts increased approximately 10.8%.

SCI, its trustees, and its investment advisor continue to monitor the capital markets and the trusts on an ongoing basis. The trustees, with input from the investment advisor, will take prudent action as needed to achieve the investment goals and objectives of the trusts.

Results of Operations — Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

Management Summary

Key highlights in the first quarter of 2014 were as follows:

• Higher operating results generated from the addition of our legacy Stewart properties essentially offset the lower comparable funeral volumes in the current year quarter. The first quarter of 2013 had exceptionally strong funeral volume as a result of the elevated flu season in 2013.

• Funeral gross profit decreased $0.8 million, or 0.7%, primarily due primarily to an expected decline in comparable funeral services performed, partially offset by gross profits contributed by the Stewart acquisition.

• Cemetery gross profit increased $7.5 million, or 19.0%, due primarily to gross profits contributed by the Stewart acquisition, which helped offset lower comparable preneed sales.

Results of Operations

In the first quarter of 2014, we reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $41.1 million ($0.19 per diluted share) compared to net income attributable to common stockholders in the first quarter of 2013 of $57.6 million ($0.27 per diluted share). These results were impacted by the following items:

	2014			2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
Net after-tax losses from the sale of assets	$	(1,407	)	$	(573	)
After-tax expenses related to system and process transition costs	$	(1,898	)	$	(695	)
After tax expenses related to Stewart acquisition and transition costs	$	(10,092	)	$	—
After-tax expenses related to legal defense fees and labor matters	$	(7,100	)	$	(804	)
Change in certain tax reserves and other	$	817		$	(890	)

Consolidated Versus Comparable Results

The table below reconciles our consolidated GAAP results to our comparable, or “same store,” results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. We define comparable operations (or same store operations) as those funeral and cemetery locations that were owned for the entire period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending March 31, 2014. The following tables present operating results for funeral and cemetery locations that were owned by us during this period.

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2014	Consolidated		Less: Results Associated with Acquisition/New Construction		Less: Results Associated with Divestitures		Comparable
			(Dollars in millions)
North America Revenue
Funeral revenue	$	509.0	$	73.3	$	0.6	$	435.1
Cemetery revenue	236.5		44.4		0.6		191.5
	745.5		117.7		1.2		626.6
Germany revenue	1.6		—		—		1.6
Total revenue	$	747.1	$	117.7	$	1.2	$	628.2
North America Gross Profits
Funeral gross profits	$	119.3	$	21.1	$	0.3	$	97.9
Cemetery gross profits	47.0		10.1		0.1		36.8
	166.3		31.2		0.4		134.7
Germany gross profits	0.1		—		—		0.1
Total gross profits	$	166.4	$	31.2	$	0.4	$	134.8

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	Consolidated		Less: Results Associated with Acquisition/New Construction		Less: Results Associated with Divestitures			Comparable
			(Dollars in millions)
North America Revenue
Funeral revenue	$	460.2	$	0.3	$	2.2		$	457.7
Cemetery revenue	190.3		—		(0.1		)	190.4
	650.5		0.3		2.1			648.1
Germany revenue	1.9		—		—			1.9
Total revenue	$	652.4	$	0.3	$	2.1		$	650.0
North America Gross Profits
Funeral gross profits	$	119.9	$	—	$	0.1		$	119.8
Cemetery gross profits (losses)	39.5		—		(0.1		)	39.6
	159.4		—		—			159.4
Germany gross profits	0.3		—		—			0.3
Total gross profits (losses)	$	159.7	$	—	$	—		$	159.7

The following table provides the data necessary to calculate our consolidated average revenue per funeral service for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. We calculate average revenue per funeral service by dividing consolidated funeral revenue, excluding General Agency (GA) revenues, recognized preneed revenues and certain other revenues, to avoid distorting our averages of normal funeral services revenue, by the number of consolidated funeral services performed during the period. Recognized preneed revenues are preneed sales of items that are delivered at the time of sale, including memorial merchandise and travel protection insurance and are excluded from our calculation of consolidated average revenue per funeral service because the associated service has not yet been performed.

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	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(Dollars in millions, except average revenue per funeral service)
Consolidated funeral revenue	$	510.6	$	462.1
Less: Funeral consolidated recognized preneed revenue	21.7		18.9
Less: Consolidated GA revenue	29.4		25.2
Less: Other revenue	4.8		4.6
Adjusted consolidated funeral revenue	$	454.7	$	413.4
Consolidated funeral services performed	88,064		79,788
Consolidated average revenue per funeral service	$	5,163	$	5,181

The following table provides the data necessary to calculate our comparable average revenue per funeral service for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. We calculate average revenue per funeral service by dividing comparable funeral revenue, excluding comparable GA revenues, recognized preneed revenues and certain other revenues, to avoid distorting our averages of normal funeral services revenue, by the number of comparable funeral services performed during the period. Recognized preneed revenues are preneed sales of items that are delivered at the time of sale, including memorial merchandise and travel protection insurance and are excluded from our calculation of consolidated average revenue per funeral service because the associated service has not yet been performed.

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(Dollars in millions, except average revenue per funeral service)
Comparable funeral revenue	$	436.7	$	459.6
Less: Funeral comparable recognized preneed revenue	21.4		18.5
Less: Comparable GA revenue	24.8		25.2
Less: Other revenue	4.4		4.5
Adjusted comparable funeral revenue	$	386.1	$	411.4
Comparable funeral services performed	73,509		79,248
Comparable average revenue per funeral service	$	5,252	$	5,191

Funeral Results

Funeral Revenue

Consolidated revenues from funeral operations were $510.6 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to $462.1 million for the same period in 2013. This increase is primarily attributable to an increase of $73.0 million of additional revenues as a result of the Stewart acquisition in 2013. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $22.9 million in comparable revenues described below and a decline of $1.6 million in revenues contributed by non-strategic assets that were divested throughout 2014 and 2013.

Comparable revenues from funeral operations were $436.7 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to $459.6 million for the same period in 2013. This decrease was primarily due to a decline in atneed and preneed revenues impacted by a 7.2% decrease in the number of comparable funeral services described below. These decreases were partially offset by a 1.2% increase in average funeral revenue per funeral service described below as well as higher recognized preneed revenues of $2.9 million mostly from the sales of SCI Direct.

Funeral Services Performed

Our consolidated funeral services performed increased 10.4% during the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013, primarily as the result of the Stewart acquisition in 2013. Our comparable funeral services performed decreased by 7.2%, largely as a result of the strong flu season in 2013 not recurring. We believe this decrease in comparable funeral services is consistent

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with trends experienced by other funeral service providers and industry vendors. Our comparable cremation rate of 51.3% in the first quarter of 2014 increased from 49.3% in 2013. This growth in comparable cremations was generated equally by cremations with service and direct cremations. While the average revenue for cremations of either type is lower than that for traditional burials, we continue to expand our cremation memorialization product and service offerings, which have resulted in higher average sales for cremation services.

Average Revenue Per Funeral Service

Our consolidated average revenue per funeral service decreased $18, or 0.3%, in the first quarter of 2014 compared to 2013, primarily due to an increase in the number of cremations couple with lower average from acquired locations. Our comparable average revenue per funeral service increased $61, or 1.2%, in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. This increase in comparable average revenue per funeral service is primarily from initiatives centered around better consumer choice and flexibility, such as enhanced Dignity packaging, increased receptions and events offerings, and expansion of floral offerings through e-commerce solutions. Excluding an unfavorable Canadian currency impact and higher funeral trust fund income, the average revenue per funeral service grew approximately 1.8% despite an increase in cremation rates.

Funeral Gross Profits

Consolidated funeral gross profits decreased $0.8 million, or 0.7%, in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. This decrease is primarily attributable to a $22.1 million decrease in comparable gross profits described below and a $0.2 million decrease in losses by non-strategic assets that were divested throughout 2014 and 2013. These losses were partially offset by a $21.1 million increase of additional gross profits primarily related to the Stewart acquisition that occurred in 2013.

Comparable funeral gross profits decreased $22.1 million, or 18.4%, and the comparable gross margin percentage decreased from 26.1% to 22.4% in the first quarter of 2014 when compared to the same period in 2013 primarily as a result of the decrease in comparable revenue described above.

Cemetery Results

Cemetery Revenue

Consolidated revenues from our cemetery operations increased $46.2 million, or 24.3%, in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. This increase is primarily attributable to an increase of $44.4 million of additional revenues as a result of the Stewart acquisition in 2013. This increase was partially offset by a decline of $0.7 million in revenues contributed by non-strategic assets that were divested throughout 2014 and 2013. Comparable cemetery revenues increased $1.1 million, or 0.6%, primarily as a result of increased trust fund income partially offset by a decrease in both cemetery atneed and preneed property and merchandise revenues.

Cemetery Gross Profits

Consolidated cemetery gross profits increased $7.5 million, or 19.0%, in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. This increase is primarily the result of the increase of $10.1 million of additional gross profit as a result of the Stewart acquisition in 2013, partially offset by a decline of $0.2 million in profits contributed by non-strategic assets that were divested throughout 2014 and 2013 and a $2.8 million decline in comparable gross profit.

Comparable cemetery gross profits decreased $2.8 million, or 7.1%, and gross margin percentage decreased from 20.8% to 19.2% in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. This decrease is primarily the result of higher cemetery revenues described above, more than offset by the following:

• a $1.9 million benefit for insurance claim settlements in 2013 that did not recur in 2014;

• a $1.0 million increase in general and administrative expenses;

• a $0.4 million increase in comparable selling costs resulting from increased advertising and increased commissions for preneed production. Selling costs are recognized in the period incurred; however, the revenue associated with the preneed production is not recognized until the services are performed as described in Critical Accounting Policies, Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Accounting Changes below; and

• a $0.3 million increase in overhead expenses which includes investments in our sales support infrastructure.

Other Financial Statement Items

General and Administrative Expenses

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General and administrative expenses increased $25.1 million to $56.0 million during the first quarter of 2014 compared to $30.9 million for the same period in 2013. The current quarter included $16.0 million in acquisition and transition costs related to Stewart, $11.1 million in legal settlements and defense fees primarily related to the proposed settlement of the Eden litigation matter, and $2.9 million of system and process transition costs. The prior year included $1.3 million of legal defense fees and $1.0 million of system and process transition costs. Excluding these costs in both periods, general and administrative expenses decreased $2.6 million over the prior year which was primarily due to lower professional fees and lower compensation expenses.

Losses on Divestitures and Impairment Charges, net

 We recognized a $2.8 million net pre-tax loss on divestitures and impairment charges in the first quarter of 2014 due to the sale of non-strategic assets in North America. In the first quarter of 2013, we recognized a $1.0 million net pre-tax loss on divestitures and impairment charges on the final settlement of an indemnification liability related to our former operations in Spain.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $12.2 million to $45.0 million during the first quarter of 2014 compared to $32.8 million for the same period in 2013. The increase in interest expense is primarily due to the our 5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022, 6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019, and Term Loan due July 2018 which we did not have in the first quarter of 2013.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net increased $2.5 million to income of $1.5 million during first quarter of 2014, primarily due to a favorable foreign currency impact from liability settlements between the U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries in the first quarter of 2014.

Provision for Income Taxes

Income tax expense during interim periods is based on our estimated annual effective income tax rate plus any discrete items which are recorded in the period in which they occur. Discrete items include, among others, such events as changes in estimates due to the finalization of tax returns, tax audit settlements, expiration of statute of limitations, and increases or decreases in valuation allowances. Our effective tax rate was 35.4% and 37.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is primarily due to the benefits associated with the Stewart acquisition coupled with state legislative changes partially offset by an increase in our liability related to unrecognized tax benefits. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2014 is above the 35% federal statutory tax rate due to state tax expense which is partially offset by state legislative changes and foreign earnings taxed at lower rates.

Weighted Average Shares

The diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding was 217.2 million during the first three months ended March 31, 2014, compared to 215.2 million in the same period of 2013. The increase in the number of shares primarily reflects the impact of stock option exercises.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Our critical accounting policies are disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

No other significant changes to our accounting policies have occurred subsequent to December 31, 2013, except as described below within Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Accounting Changes.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Accounting Changes

For discussion of recent accounting pronouncements and accounting changes, see Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements, Note 3.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements

The statements in this Form 10-Q that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made in reliance on the “safe harbor” protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be accompanied by words such as “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” or “predict,” that convey the uncertainty of future events

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or outcomes. These statements are based on assumptions that we believe are reasonable; however, many important factors could cause our actual results in the future to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made herein and in any other documents or oral presentations made by us, or on our behalf. Important factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:

• Our affiliated funeral and cemetery trust funds own investments in equity securities, fixed income securities, and mutual funds, which are affected by market conditions that are beyond our control.

• We may be required to replenish our affiliated funeral and cemetery trust funds in order to meet minimum funding requirements, which would have a negative effect on our earnings and cash flow.

• Our ability to execute our strategic plan depends on many factors, some of which are beyond our control.  

• Our credit agreements contain covenants that may prevent us from engaging in certain transactions. 

• If we lost the ability to use surety bonding to support our preneed funeral and preneed cemetery activities, we may be required to make material cash payments to fund certain trust funds.

• The funeral home and cemetery industry continues to be increasingly competitive.

• Increasing death benefits related to preneed funeral contracts funded through life insurance or annuity contracts may not cover future increases in the cost of providing a price-guaranteed funeral service. 

• The financial condition of third-party insurance companies that fund our preneed funeral contracts may impact our future revenues.

• Unfavorable results of litigation, including currently pending class action cases concerning cemetery or burial practices, could have a material adverse impact on our financial statements.

• Unfavorable publicity could affect our reputation and business.

• If the number of deaths in our markets declines, our cash flows and revenues may decrease.

• If we are not able to respond effectively to changing consumer preferences, our market share, revenues and profitability could decrease.

• The continuing upward trend in the number of cremations performed in North America could result in lower revenues and gross profit. 

• Our funeral home and cemetery businesses are high fixed-cost businesses. 

• Regulation and compliance could have a material adverse impact on our financial results.

• Increased costs, including potential increased health care costs, may have a negative impact on earnings and cash flows.

• Cemetery burial practice claims could have a material adverse impact on our financial results. 

• A number of years may elapse before particular tax matters, for which we have established accruals, are audited and finally resolved.

• Declines in overall economic conditions beyond our control could reduce future potential earnings and cash flows and could result in future impairments to goodwill and/or other intangible assets.

• Any failure to maintain the security of the information relating to our customers, their loved ones, our associates, and our vendors could damage our reputation, could cause us to incur substantial additional costs and to become subject to litigation, and could adversely affect our operating results.

• We may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Stewart Enterprises.

• The acquisition of Stewart Enterprises may result in unexpected consequences to our business and results of operations.

• Our level of indebtedness following the completion of the acquisition of Stewart Enterprises could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our indebtedness.

For further information on these and other risks and uncertainties, see our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed February 14, 2014. Copies of this document as well as other SEC filings can be obtained from our website at www.sci-corp.com. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements made by us, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Marketable Equity and Debt Securities — Price Risk

In connection with our preneed funeral operations and preneed cemetery merchandise and service sales, the related funeral and cemetery trust funds own investments in equity and debt securities and mutual funds, which are sensitive to current market prices.

Cost and market values as of March 31, 2014 are presented in Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements and Notes 4, 5, and 6 of this Form 10-Q. Also, see Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Financial Conditions, Liquidity and Capital Resources, for discussion of trust investments.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of March 31, 2014, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)). Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified by the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2014 and that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with US GAAP.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Information regarding legal proceedings is set forth in Note 15 in Item 1 of Part I of this Form 10-Q, which information is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our Risk Factors as set forth in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On March 28, 2014, we issued 1,143 deferred common stock equivalents, or units, pursuant to provisions regarding dividends under the Amended and Restated Director Fee Plan to four non-employee directors. We did not receive any monetary consideration for the issuances. These issuances were unregistered because they did not constitute a “sale” within the meaning of Section 2(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Period	Total number of shares purchased	Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced programs	Dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the programs
January 1, 2014 - January 31, 2014(1)	41,905	$	18.11	—	$	190,132,279
February 1, 2014 - February 28, 2014	—	$	—	—	$	190,132,279
March 1, 2014 - March 31, 2014(2)	63,886	$	19.04	—	$	190,132,279
	105,791			—

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(1)    The 41,905 shares purchased in January 2014 that were not part of the publicly announced programs represent shares acquired through the exercise of stock options by attestation, which do not affect our share repurchase program.

(2)    The 63,886 shares purchased in March 2014 that were not part of the publicly announced programs represent restricted stock that was redeemed by certain employees in lieu of tax liability withholdings, which do not affect our share repurchase program.

As of March 31, 2014, the remaining dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under our currently approved share repurchase program was approximately $190.1 million.

Item 6. Exhibits

12.1	Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
23.1	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31.1	Certification of Thomas L. Ryan as Chief Executive Officer in satisfaction of Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Eric D. Tanzberger as Principal Financial Officer in satisfaction of Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Periodic Financial Reports by Thomas L. Ryan as Chief Executive Officer in satisfaction of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Periodic Financial Reports by Eric D. Tanzberger as Principal Financial Officer in satisfaction of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	Interactive data file

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

April 25, 2014		SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
	By:	/s/ Tammy Moore
		Tammy Moore
		Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

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Index to Exhibits

12.1	Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
23.1	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31.1	Certification of Thomas L. Ryan as Chief Executive Officer in satisfaction of Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Eric D. Tanzberger as Principal Financial Officer in satisfaction of Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Periodic Financial Reports by Thomas L. Ryan as Chief Executive Officer in satisfaction of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Periodic Financial Reports by Eric D. Tanzberger as Principal Financial Officer in satisfaction of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	Interactive data file.

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EX-12.1

Exhibit 12.1

SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except ratio amounts)

	Three months ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Earnings:
Pretax income	$	64,098	$	94,012
Add fixed charges as adjusted (from below)	47,888		34,828
	$	111,986	$	128,840
Fixed charges:
Interest expense:
Corporate	$	43,152	$	31,534
Amortization of deferred financing costs	1,844		1,235
1/3 of rental expense	2,892		2,059
Fixed charges	$	47,888	$	34,828
Ratio (earnings divided by fixed charges)	2.34		3.70

EX-23.1

Explanatory Note: The consent set forth below corrects a typographical error contained in the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in Exhibit 23.1 to the Service Corporation International Form 10-K filed on February 14, 2014.

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S‑8 (Nos. 333-67800, 333-50084, 333-33101, 333-19863, 333-82475, 333-119681, 333-142843 and 333-174619) and Form S-3 ASR (No. 333-184087) of Service Corporation International of our report dated February 14, 2014 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in the Service Corporation International Form 10‑K filed February 14, 2014.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas    

April 25, 2014

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Service Corporation International

a Texas corporation

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Section 302 Certification

I, Thomas L. Ryan, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Service Corporation International, a Texas corporation (the “registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	April 25, 2014	/s/ Thomas L. Ryan
		Thomas L. Ryan
		President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Service Corporation International

a Texas corporation

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Section 302 Certification

I, Eric D. Tanzberger, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Service Corporation International, a Texas corporation (the “registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	April 25, 2014	/s/ Eric D. Tranzberger
		Eric D. Tranzberger
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

I, Thomas L. Ryan, of Service Corporation International, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014 (the “Periodic Report”) which this statement accompanies fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) the information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Service Corporation International.

Dated:	April 25, 2014	/s/ Thomas L. Ryan
		Thomas L. Ryan
		President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

I, Eric D. Tanzberger, of Service Corporation International, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014 (the “Periodic Report”) which this statement accompanies fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) the information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Service Corporation International.

Dated:	April 25, 2014	/s/ Eric D. Tanzberger
		Eric D. Tanzberger
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share, Diluted, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS computations is presented below:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Net income:
Net income — basic	$	41,102	$	57,620
After tax interest on convertible debt	13		13
Net income — diluted	$	41,115	$	57,633
Weighted average shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares — basic	212,838		211,380
Stock options	4,272		3,707
Convertible debt	121		121
Weighted average shares — diluted	217,231		215,208
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19	$	0.27
Diluted	$	0.19	$	0.27

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Preneed Cemetery Activities Level 3 Activities (Details) (Cemetery [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Private Equity Funds [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance	$ 26,844		$ 17,687
Net unrealized losses included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	1,487	[1]	11,400	[1]
Net realized losses included in Other income, net(2)	(8)	[2]	(7)	[2]
Contributions	499		662
Distributions and other	(1,303)		(3,785)
Fair market value, ending balance	27,519		25,957
Other Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance	1,245		450
Net unrealized losses included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	9	[1]	587	[1]
Net realized losses included in Other income, net(2)	(1)	[2]	(2)	[2]
Contributions	0		0
Distributions and other	0		0
Fair market value, ending balance	$ 1,253		$ 1,035

[1] All unrealized gains (losses) recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

[2] All losses recognized in Other income (expense), net for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

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Preneed Funeral Activities Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date (Details) (Funeral [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014
Funeral [Member]
Investments Classified By Contractual Maturity Date [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, within One Year, Fair Value	$ 132,873
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after One Through Five Years, Fair Value	54,732
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after Five Through Ten Years, Fair Value	40,276
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after Ten Years, Fair Value	29,471
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, Total, Fair Value	$ 257,352

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Share-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	761,000	0
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Dividend yield	1.80%
Expected volatility	27.10%
Risk-free interest rate	1.10%
Expected holding period	4 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Options outstanding at beginning of period	13,319,750
Options outstanding at beginning of period, weighted average exercise price	$ 9.84
Granted	2,495,850
Granted, weighted average exercise price	$ 17.41
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	964,403
Exercised, weighted average exercise price	$ 8.82
Options outstanding at end of period	14,851,197
Options outstanding at end of period, weighted average exercise price	$ 11.18
Options exercisable at March 31, 2014	10,339,379
Options exercisable at March 31, 2014, weighted average exercise price	$ 9.14
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Nonvested restricted shares at beginning of period	1,183,229
Nonvested restricted shares at beginning of period, weighted average grant date fair value	$ 11.81
Granted	344,570
Granted, weighted average grant date fair value	$ 17.41
Vested	187,549
Vested, weighted average grant date fair value	$ 11.44
Nonvested restricted shares at end of period	1,340,250
Nonvested restricted shares at end of period, weighted average grant date fair value	$ 13.30

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Preneed Cemetery Activities Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date (Details) (Cemetery [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014
Cemetery [Member]
Investments Classified By Contractual Maturity Date [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, within One Year, Fair Value	$ 8,842
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after One Through Five Years, Fair Value	71,928
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after Five Through Ten Years, Fair Value	36,756
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after Ten Years, Fair Value	46,274
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, Total, Fair Value	$ 163,800

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Earnings Per Share Earnings Per Share, Textuals (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	2.7	1.1

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Preneed Funeral Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) (Funeral [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 1,328,663	$ 1,343,887
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	126,200	121,718
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(39,628)	(42,663)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	1,415,235	1,422,942
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	99,924	110,511
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,435	1,299
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,221)	(5,599)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	97,138	106,211
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	94,793	100,263
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	151	81
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,066)	(1,113)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	93,878	99,231
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	56,892	64,042
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	3,965	3,515
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(361)	(691)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	60,496	66,866
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	2,424	2,408
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	26	23
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(33)	(33)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	2,417	2,398
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	3,358	3,366
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	65	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	(10)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	3,423	3,356
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Preferred Stock securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	29,322	30,107
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,921	754
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(45)	(235)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	31,198	30,626
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | US Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	369,338	364,721
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	75,887	77,963
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(6,397)	(2,928)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	438,828	439,756
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Canada Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	25,182	27,634
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	4,721	4,346
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(970)	(1,216)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	28,933	30,764
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Other International Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	34,811	35,519
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	4,904	4,986
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(480)	(199)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	39,235	40,306
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	262,636	257,256
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	23,887	22,530
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(2,132)	(2,303)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	284,391	277,483
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	313,960	313,606
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	5,785	3,228
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(15,800)	(19,577)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	303,945	297,257
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Private Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	32,568	32,909
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	3,069	2,702
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(8,123)	(8,726)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	27,514	26,885
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Investments [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	3,455	1,545
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	384	291
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	(33)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	$ 3,839	$ 1,803

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Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Debt as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014	$	95		$	85,256
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2015	136,465			136,465
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016	197,377			197,377
3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016	154			46,279
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017	295,000			295,000
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	250,000			250,000
6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019	200,000			200,000
7.0% Senior Notes due May 2019	250,000			250,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	200,000			200,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	150,000			150,000
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	425,000			425,000
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	200,000			200,000
Term Loan due July 2018	592,500			600,000
Bank credit facility due July 2018	140,000			30,000
Obligations under capital leases	192,528			189,697
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	4,672			4,752
Unamortized premiums and other, net	5,839			42,084
Total debt	3,239,630			3,301,910
Less:
Current maturities of debt, capital lease obligations, and mortgage notes	(104,284		)	(153,738		)
Current maturities of unamortized premiums and other, net	(1,421		)	(22,624		)
Total current maturities	(105,705		)	(176,362		)
Total long-term debt	$	3,133,925		$	3,125,548

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Acquisition (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 23, 2013	Oct. 15, 2013	Jun. 03, 2011
Change in estimated valued of acquired cemetery property	$ 1,942,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue	750,105,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables			14,638,000
Business Acquisition, Share Price			$ 13.25
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		1,500,000,000
Business combination, debt assumed			331,500,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets			198,760,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Cemetery property			282,524,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment			338,363,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments			654,805,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles			77,134,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets			79,400,000
Business combination, assets to be divested			443,169,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets			278,319,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net			625,295,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets			2,992,407,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities			217,175,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt			270,668,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts			834,320,000
Business combination, liabilities held for sale			162,668,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent			62,409,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other			279,694,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities			1,826,934,000
Business combination, noncontrolling interest			118,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net			1,165,355,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount	3,000,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	156,534,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss)	64,218,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	10000000.00%			20.00%	70.00%
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Including Subsequent Acquisition, Percentage				90.00%
Change in estimated valued of acquired property and equipment, net	2,093,000
Change in estimated valued of acquired finite lived intangible assets	29,146,000
Change in the estimated fair value of acquired deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trust	51,463,000
Change in the estimated fair value of acquired deferred taxes	(37,760,000)
Other changes in the estimated fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, net	(751,000)
Total adjustment to the estimated amount of goodwill in a business combination	46,133,000
Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Off-market Lease, Favorable, Gross	6,144,000
Finite-Lived Noncompete Agreements, Gross	5,480,000
Finite-Lived Contractual Rights, Gross	5,900,000
Finite-Lived Customer Lists, Gross	21,960,000
Finite-Lived Customer Relationships, Gross	28,500,000
Finite-Lived Trade Names, Gross	9,150,000
Indefinite-Lived Trade Names	77,900,000
Indefinite-Lived License Agreements	1,500,000
Cemetery [Member] | Keystone Acquisition [Member] [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	281,400,000
Funeral [Member] | Keystone Acquisition [Member] [Member]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	$ 343,900,000
Minimum [Member] | Customer Lists [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	10 years
Minimum [Member] | Licensing Agreements [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	20 years
Minimum [Member] | Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Leases, Acquired-in-Place, Market Adjustment [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	26 years
Minimum [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	10 years
Maximum [Member] | Customer Lists [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	14 years
Maximum [Member] | Licensing Agreements [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	40 years
Maximum [Member] | Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	15 years
Maximum [Member] | Leases, Acquired-in-Place, Market Adjustment [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	34 years
Maximum [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	5 years
Maximum [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member] | Stewart [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	20 years

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Equity Equity, Textuals (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.08	$ 0.06
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	$ 17,100,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount	190,100,000
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock	$ 1,053,000	$ 1,708,000
Shares repurchases under the share repurchase program	0

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Preneed Cemetery Activities Preneed Cemetery Activities, Textuals (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ 630,000	$ 620,000
Cemetery [Member]
Available-for-sale securities, estimated maturity date, minimum	2014
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, risk discount, low end of the range	0.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, risk discount, high end of the range	20.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, liquidity discount, low end of the range	0.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, liquidity discount, high end of the range	10.00%
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share, Unfunded Commitments	7,800,000
Investment Earnings, Net	11,500,000	9,200,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ 339,000	$ 357,000
Underlying assets liquidation range, minimum	2 years
Available-for-sale securities, estimated maturity date, maximum	2043
Underlying assets liquidation range, maximum	10 years

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]
Self Insurance Reserve	$ 80.0	$ 78.0

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Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$ 127,887	$ 151,124
Capital expenditures	(25,222)	(22,569)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(779)	0
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	2,639	1,816
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	(12,225)	339
Contributions to subsidiaries	0	0
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(35,587)	(20,414)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	110,000	0
Payments of debt	(7,579)	(4,948)
Early extinguishment of debt	(167,093)
Principal payments on capital leases	(7,231)	(6,468)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,915	3,094
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	6,744	772
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,053)	(1,708)
Payments of dividends	(17,080)	(12,698)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	(15,000)	(8,333)
Bank overdrafts and other	3,762	(4,004)
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(86,615)	(34,293)
Effect of foreign currency	(1,939)	(579)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	3,746	95,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	144,873	92,708
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	148,619	188,546
Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(28,168)	(1,261)
Capital expenditures	0	0
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	0	0
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	0	0
Contributions to subsidiaries	(70,858)	16,558
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(70,858)	16,558
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	110,000
Payments of debt	(7,500)	(4,757)
Early extinguishment of debt	0
Principal payments on capital leases	0	0
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,915	3,094
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	6,744	772
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,053)	(1,708)
Payments of dividends	(17,080)	(12,698)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest
Bank overdrafts and other	0	0
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	99,026	(15,297)
Effect of foreign currency	0	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	0	0
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(32,202)
Capital expenditures	0
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	0
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	2,035
Contributions to subsidiaries	0
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	2,035
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	0
Payments of debt	0
Early extinguishment of debt	(167,093)
Principal payments on capital leases	0
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	0
Purchase of Company common stock	0
Payments of dividends	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interest
Bank overdrafts and other	0
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	165,058
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(2,035)
Effect of foreign currency	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(32,202)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	53,543
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	21,341
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	47,998
Capital expenditures	(4,120)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	0
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	(14,260)
Contributions to subsidiaries	0
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(18,380)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	0
Payments of debt	0
Early extinguishment of debt	0
Principal payments on capital leases	(23)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	0
Purchase of Company common stock	0
Payments of dividends	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	0
Bank overdrafts and other	0
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	(30,740)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(30,763)
Effect of foreign currency	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(1,145)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,898
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	753
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	140,259	152,385
Capital expenditures	(21,102)	(22,569)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(779)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	2,639	1,816
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	0	339
Contributions to subsidiaries	0	0
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(19,242)	(20,414)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	0
Payments of debt	(79)	(191)
Early extinguishment of debt	0
Principal payments on capital leases	(7,208)	(6,468)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0	0
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	0	0
Purchase of Company common stock	0	0
Payments of dividends	0	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	(15,000)	(8,333)
Bank overdrafts and other	3,762	(4,004)
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	(63,460)	(16,558)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(81,985)	(35,554)
Effect of foreign currency	(1,939)	(579)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	37,093	95,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	89,432	92,708
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	126,525	188,546
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	0	0
Capital expenditures	0	0
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	0	0
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	0	0
Contributions to subsidiaries	70,858	(16,558)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	70,858	(16,558)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	0
Payments of debt	0	0
Early extinguishment of debt	0
Principal payments on capital leases	0	0
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0	0
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	0	0
Purchase of Company common stock	0	0
Payments of dividends	0	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	0
Bank overdrafts and other	0	0
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	(70,858)	16,558
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(70,858)	16,558
Effect of foreign currency	0	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 0	$ 0

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Divestiture-Related Activities (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]
Current assets	$ 5,740	$ 4,569
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments, held for sale	346,690	342,728
Cemetery property, held for sale	103,391	83,115
Assets Held-for-sale, Property, Plant and Equipment	82,631	63,356
Goodwill, held for sale	127,138	140,860
Deferred charges and other assets, held for sale	22,954	32,989
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments, held for sale	112,197	83,426
Assets Held-for-sale, at Carrying Value	800,741	751,043
Current liabilities held for sale	4,850	3,183
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts, held for sale	387,620	349,449
Care trusts' corpus, held for sale	112,197	83,426
Other long-term liabilities, held for sale	4,606	4,209
Total liabilities, held for sale	509,273	440,267
Net assets held for sale	$ 291,468	$ 310,776

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Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent [Abstract]
Net income — basic	$ 41,102	$ 57,620
After tax interest on convertible debt	13	13
Net income — diluted	$ 41,115	$ 57,633
Weighted average shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares — basic	(212,838)	(211,380)
Stock options	4,272	3,707
Convertible debt	121	121
Weighted average shares — diluted	217,231	215,208
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.19	$ 0.27
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.19	$ 0.27

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Share-Based Compensation Share-Based Compensation, Textuals (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 14.6
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	1 year 7 months 7 days
Restricted Stock [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 10.8
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	1 year 7 months 7 days

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Acquisition (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

Acquisition

Stewart

On December 23, 2013, pursuant to a tender offer, we acquired Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (Stewart) for 13.25 per share in cash, resulting in a purchase price of $1.5 billion, which includes the assumption of $331.5 million of Stewart’s debt.

The primary reasons for the merger and the principal factors that contributed to the recognition of goodwill in this acquisition were:

• the acquisition of Stewart enhances our network footprint, enabling us to serve a number of new, complementary areas;

• combining the two companies’ operations provides synergies and related cost savings through the elimination of duplicate home office functions and economies of scale; and

• the acquisition of Stewart’s preneed backlog of deferred revenues enhances our long-term stability.

The following table summarizes the adjusted fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of December 23, 2013:

	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable	$	14,638
Other current assets	198,760
Cemetery property	282,524
Property and equipment, net	338,363
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments	654,805
Finite-lived intangible assets	77,134
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	79,400
Acquired assets held for sale	443,169
Deferred charges and other assets	278,319
Goodwill	625,295
Total assets acquired	2,992,407
Current liabilities	217,175
Long-term debt	270,668
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts	834,320
Assumed liabilities held for sale	162,668
Deferred income taxes	62,409
Other liabilities	279,694
Total liabilities assumed	1,826,934
Noncontrolling interest	118
Net assets acquired	$	1,165,355

We have not finalized our assessment of the fair values as there has been insufficient time between the acquisition date and the issuance of these financial statements to complete our review and final determination of fair value. We made the following adjustments to our estimates of the fair value of assets and liabilities in the first quarter of 2014 and revised the consolidated balance sheet for the year-ended December 31, 2013 included in this filing to reflect these adjustments:

	(In thousands)
Decrease in the fair value of cemetery property	1,942
Decrease in the fair value of property and equipment, net	2,093
Decrease in the fair value of finite-lived intangible assets	29,146
Increase in the fair value of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trust	51,463
Decrease in the fair value of deferred income taxes	(37,760	)
Other	(751	)
Total adjustment to goodwill	46,133

Goodwill, land, and certain identifiable intangible assets recorded in the acquisition are not subject to amortization; however, the goodwill and intangible assets will be tested periodically for impairment as required by the Intangible Assets Topic of the ASC. Of the $625.3 million in goodwill recognized, $281.4 million was allocated to our cemetery segment and $343.9 million was allocated to our funeral segment. As a result of the carryover of Stewart’s tax basis, $3.0 million of this goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The identified intangible assets comprise the following:

	Useful life
	Minimum	Maximum	Fair Value
	(Years)		(In thousands)
Preneed customer relationships related to insurance claims	10	20	$	28,500
Other preneed customer relationships	10	14	21,960
Selling and management agreements	20	40	5,900
Covenants-not-to-compete	5	15	5,480
Operating leases	26	34	6,144
Tradenames	5	5	9,150
Tradenames		Indefinite	77,900
Licenses and permits		Indefinite	1,500
Total intangible assets			$	156,534

The condensed statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 includes the results of operations of Stewart. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the following unaudited pro forma information presents information as if the merger occurred on January 1, 2013:

	2013
	(In thousands)
	(unaudited)
Revenue	$	750,105
Net income	$	64,218

SCI Direct

During 2013, we acquired an additional 20% of the outstanding shares of The Neptune Society, Inc. increasing our ownership from 70% to 90%. On January 1, 2014 The Neptune Society, Inc. changed its legal name to SCI Direct, Inc. During 2014, the Company acquired the remaining 10% of the outstanding shares of SCI Direct (formerly The Neptune Society, Inc.). SCI Direct is our direct cremation business and manages operations under various brand names, including Neptune Society, National Cremation Service, Trident Society, and Cremation Society of Virginia. This activity expands our footprint into a sector of the market that will continue to grow and that we do not currently target through our traditional funeral service and cemetery network.

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Preneed Funeral Activities Preneed Funeral Activities, Textuals (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ 630,000	$ 620,000
Funeral [Member]
Available-for-sale securities, estimated maturity date, minimum	2014
Underlying assets liquidation range, minimum	2 years
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, risk discount, low end of the range	0.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, risk discount, high end of the range	20.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, liquidity discount, low end of the range	0.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, liquidity discount, high end of the range	10.00%
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share, Unfunded Commitments	7,500,000
Investment Earnings, Net	16,100,000	12,300,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ 251,000	$ 200,000
Underlying assets liquidation range, maximum	10 years
Available-for-sale securities, estimated maturity date, maximum	2043

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Guarantor (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes [Abstract]

Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues	$	—		$	—		$	110,165		$	636,958		$	—		$	747,123
Costs and expenses	—			—			(78,197		)	(502,544		)	—			(580,741		)
Gross profits	—			—			31,968			134,414			—			166,382
General and administrative expenses	(267		)	(8,979		)	—			(46,764		)	—			(56,010		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	—			—			(66		)	(2,746		)	—			(2,812		)
Operating income	$	(267	)	$	(8,979	)	$	31,902		$	84,904		$	—		$	107,560
Interest expense	(40,593		)	(2,652		)	—			(1,751		)	—			(44,996		)
Equity in subsidiaries	66,917			19,394			384			—			(86,695		)	—
Other (expense) income, net	—			(2		)	1			1,535			—			1,534
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	26,057		$	7,761		$	32,287		$	84,688		$	(86,695	)	$	64,098
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	15,045			4,691			(12,863		)	(29,580		)	—			(22,707		)
Net income	41,102			12,452			19,424			55,108			(86,695		)	41,391
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			—			—			(289		)	$	(289	)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	41,102		$	12,452		$	19,424		$	55,108		$	(86,984	)	$	41,102

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues	$	—		$	652,352		$	—		$	652,352
Costs and expenses	—			(492,695		)	—			(492,695		)
Gross profits	—			159,657			—			159,657
General and administrative expenses	(262		)	(30,661		)	—			(30,923		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	—			(969		)	—			(969		)
Operating income	(262		)	128,027			—			127,765
Interest expense	(31,035		)	(1,734		)	—			(32,769		)
Equity in subsidiaries	77,420			—			(77,420		)	—
Other (expense) income, net	—			(984		)	—			(984		)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	46,123			125,309			(77,420		)	94,012
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	11,497			(46,787		)	—			(35,290		)
Net income	57,620			78,522			(77,420		)	58,722
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			(1,102		)	(1,102		)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	57,620		$	78,522		$	(78,522	)	$	57,620

Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income	$	41,102		$	12,452	$	19,424	$	55,108		$	(86,695	)	$	41,391
Other comprehensive income	(11,226		)	—		—		(11,226		)	10,937			(11,515		)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	29,876		$	12,452	$	19,424	$	43,882		$	(75,758	)	$	29,876

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income	$	57,620		$	78,522		$	(77,420	)	$	58,722
Other comprehensive income	(5,512		)	(5,512		)	4,410			(6,614		)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	52,108		$	73,010		$	(73,010	)	$	52,108

Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block]

	March 31, 2014
	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—	$	21,341	$	753	$	126,525	$	—		$	148,619
Receivables, net	—		909		5,536		99,368		—			105,813
Inventories, net	—		—		10,194		24,314		—			34,508
Current assets held for sale	—		—		4,164		1,576		—			5,740
Other	9,176		7,668		34,403		30,077		—			81,324
Total current assets	$	9,176	$	29,918	$	55,050	$	281,860	$	—		$	376,004
Equity in subsidiaries	4,280,493		657,543		4,546		—		(4,942,582		)	—
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		376,292		1,495,247		—			1,871,539
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		255,305		2,046,328		—			2,301,633
Cemetery property, at cost	—		—		233,661		1,487,785		—			1,721,446
Property and equipment, net	—		13,900		294,574		1,578,545		—			1,887,019
Non-current assets held for sale	—		—		451,409		343,592		—			795,001
Deferred charges and other assets	39,887		17,684		171,703		402,485		—			631,759
Goodwill, net	—		647,890		—		1,330,731		—			1,978,621
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	—		—		206,859		1,135,730		—			1,342,589
Total assets	$	4,329,556	$	1,366,935	$	2,049,399	$	10,102,303	$	(4,942,582	)	$	12,905,611
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	54,039	$	25,723	$	25,955	$	371,651	$	—		$	477,368
Current maturities of long-term debt	—		95		291		105,319		—			105,705
Current liabilities held for sale	—		—		3,484		1,366		—			4,850
Income taxes	—		74		90		3,137		—			3,301
Total current liabilities	$	54,039	$	25,892	$	29,820	$	481,473	$	—		$	591,224
Long-term debt	2,833,690		209,418		172		90,645		—			3,133,925
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	—		—		177,046		495,585		—			672,631
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	—		—		106,168		880,370		—			986,538
Deferred tax liability	1,082		—		152,608		433,301		—			586,991
Non-current liabilities held for sale	—		—		208,029		296,394		—			504,423
Other liabilities	4,318		14,779		7,168		378,428		—			404,693
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	—		—		473,606		2,772,023		—			3,245,629
Care trusts’ corpus	—		—		207,309		1,133,052		—			1,340,361
Equity:
Common stock	213,532		85,175		102		25		(85,302		)	213,532
Other equity	1,145,680		1,031,671		687,371		3,141,007		(4,860,049		)	1,145,680
Accumulated other comprehensive income	77,215		—		—		—		—			77,215
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,436,427		1,116,846		687,473		3,141,032		(4,945,351		)	1,436,427
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		2,769			2,769
Total equity	1,436,427		1,116,846		687,473		3,141,032		(4,942,582		)	1,439,196
Total liabilities and equity	$	4,329,556	$	1,366,935	$	2,049,399	$	10,102,303	$	(4,942,582	)	$	12,905,611

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	December 31, 2013
	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—	$	53,543	$	1,898	$	89,432	$	—		$	144,873
Receivables, net	—		442		23,908		81,549		—			105,899
Inventories, net	—		—		10,925		23,743		—			34,668
Current assets held for sale	—		—		3,333		1,236		—			4,569
Other	9,083		29,133		35,368		31,014		—			104,598
Total current assets	9,083		83,118		75,432		226,974		—			394,607
Equity in subsidiaries	4,132,098		828,457		4,546		—		(4,965,101		)	—
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		358,567		1,512,307		—			1,870,874
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		265,346		2,035,565		—			2,300,911
Cemetery property, at cost	—		—		264,226		1,482,899		—			1,747,125
Property and equipment, net	—		15,243		306,174		1,599,451		—			1,920,868
Non-current assets held for sale	—		—		443,170		303,304		—			746,474
Deferred charges and other assets	42,068		31,807		150,665		407,548		—			632,088
Goodwill, net	—		624,711		—		1,343,524		—			1,968,235
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	—		—		223,903		1,123,719		—			1,347,622
Total assets	$	4,183,249	$	1,583,336	$	2,092,029	$	10,035,291	$	(4,965,101	)	$	12,928,804
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	31,914	$	46,020	$	43,706	$	365,008	$	—		$	486,648
Current maturities of long-term debt	30,000		106,939		—		39,423		—			176,362
Current liabilities held for sale	—		—		1,647		1,536		—			3,183
Income taxes	—		560		1,427		4,404		—			6,391
Total current liabilities	61,914		153,519		46,780		410,371		—			672,584
Long-term debt	2,701,611		270,578		89		153,270		—			3,125,548
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	—		—		176,958		509,202		—			686,160
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	—		—		85,163		889,594		—			974,757
Deferred tax liability	1,092		—		61,835		518,513		—			581,440
Non-current liabilities held for sale	—		—		162,668		274,416		—			437,084
Other liabilities	4,402		29,944		11,116		384,931		—			430,393
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	—		—		503,667		2,746,919		—			3,250,586
Care trusts’ corpus	—		—		223,903		1,121,971		—			1,345,874
Equity:
Common stock	212,317		85,175		102		25		(85,302		)	212,317
Other equity	1,113,472		1,044,120		819,748		2,937,638		(4,801,506		)	1,113,472
Accumulated other comprehensive income	88,441		—		—		88,441		(88,441		)	88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,414,230		1,129,295		819,850		3,026,104		(4,975,249		)	1,414,230
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		10,148			10,148
Total equity	1,414,230		1,129,295		819,850		3,026,104		(4,965,101		)	1,424,378
Total liabilities and equity	$	4,183,249	$	1,583,336	$	2,092,029	$	10,035,291	$	(4,965,101	)	$	12,928,804

Condensed Cash Flow Statement [Table Text Block]

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(28,168	)	$	(32,202	)	$	47,998		$	140,259		$	—		$	127,887
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	—			—			(4,120		)	(21,102		)	—			(25,222		)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—			—			—			(779		)	—			(779		)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	—			—			—			2,639			—			2,639
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	—			2,035			(14,260		)	—			—			(12,225		)
Contributions to subsidiaries	(70,858		)	—			—			—			70,858			—
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(70,858		)	2,035			(18,380		)	(19,242		)	70,858			(35,587		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	110,000			—			—			—			—			110,000
Payments of debt	(7,500		)	—			—			(79		)	—			(7,579		)
Early extinguishment of debt	—			(167,093		)	—			—			—			(167,093		)
Principal payments on capital leases	—			—			(23		)	(7,208		)	—			(7,231		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,915			—			—			—			—			7,915
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	6,744			—			—			—			—			6,744
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,053		)	—			—			—			—			(1,053		)
Payments of dividends	(17,080		)	—			—			—			—			(17,080		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			(15,000		)	—			(15,000		)
Bank overdrafts and other	—			—			—			3,762			—			3,762
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	—			165,058			(30,740		)	(63,460		)	(70,858		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	99,026			(2,035		)	(30,763		)	(81,985		)	(70,858		)	(86,615		)
Effect of foreign currency	—			—			—			(1,939		)	—			(1,939		)
Net decrease (increase) in cash and cash equivalents	—			(32,202		)	(1,145		)	37,093			—			3,746
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	—			53,543			1,898			89,432			—			144,873
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	21,341		$	753		$	126,525		$	—		$	148,619

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(1,261	)	$	152,385		$	—		$	151,124
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	—			(22,569		)	—			(22,569		)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	—			1,816			—			1,816
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	—			339			—			339
Distributions from subsidiaries	16,558			—			(16,558		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	16,558			(20,414		)	(16,558		)	(20,414		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of debt	(4,757		)	(191		)	—			(4,948		)
Principal payments on capital leases	—			(6,468		)	—			(6,468		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	3,094			—			—			3,094
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	772			—			—			772
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,708		)	—			—			(1,708		)
Payments of dividends	(12,698		)	—			—			(12,698		)
Distributions to parent	—			(16,558		)	16,558			—
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			(8,333		)	—			(8,333		)
Bank overdrafts and other	—			(4,004		)	—			(4,004		)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(15,297		)	(35,554		)	16,558			(34,293		)
Effect of foreign currency	—			(579		)	—			(579		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			95,838			—			95,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	—			92,708			—			92,708
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	188,546		$	—		$	188,546

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Supplementary Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Product Information [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	761,000	0
Total merchandise revenues	$ 320,127	$ 289,805
Total services revenues	382,543	328,398
Other revenues	44,453	34,149
Total revenues	747,123	652,352
Total cost of merchandise	151,491	132,334
Total cost of services	196,543	162,455
Overhead and other expenses	232,707	197,906
Total costs and expenses	580,741	492,695
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares	(761,000)	0
Funeral [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Total merchandise revenues	164,735	160,329
Total services revenues	311,160	273,830
Total revenues	510,668	462,019
Total cost of merchandise	81,954	75,781
Total cost of services	159,505	136,124
Cemetery [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Total merchandise revenues	155,392	129,476
Total services revenues	71,383	54,568
Total revenues	236,455	190,333
Total cost of merchandise	69,537	56,553
Total cost of services	$ 37,038	$ 26,331

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(Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Our reportable segment information is as follows:

	Funeral		Cemetery		Reportable Segments
	(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues from external customers:
2014	$	510,668	$	236,455	$	747,123
2013	$	462,019	$	190,333	$	652,352
Gross profits:
2014	$	119,389	$	46,993	$	166,382
2013	$	120,131	$	39,526	$	159,657

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

The following table reconciles gross profits from reportable segments to our consolidated income before income taxes:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Gross profits from reportable segments	$	166,382		$	159,657
General and administrative expenses	(56,010		)	(30,923		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,812		)	(969		)
Operating income	107,560			127,765
Interest expense	(44,996		)	(32,769		)
Other income (expense), net	1,534			(984		)
Income before income taxes	$	64,098		$	94,012

Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block]

Our geographic area information is as follows:

	United States		Canada		Germany		Total
			(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues from external customers:
2014	$	694,383	$	51,126	$	1,614	$	747,123
2013	$	595,437	$	54,981	$	1,934	$	652,352

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Preneed Cemetery Activities Long-term Receivable and Investment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	$ 2,301,633	$ 2,300,911
Cemetery [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Trust investments, at market	1,551,178	1,553,719
Cash and cash equivalents	144,265	138,459
Assets of Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Current	(112,275)	(107,481)
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	4	4
Trust investments	1,583,172	1,584,701
Receivables from customers	799,992	800,005
Unearned finance charges	(28,163)	(27,873)
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments, excluding allowance for cancellation	2,355,001	2,356,833
Allowance for cancellation	(53,368)	(55,922)
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	$ 2,301,633	$ 2,300,911

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Debt (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes Payable to Bank, Noncurrent	$ 592,500	$ 600,000
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding	140,000
Total debt	3,239,630	3,301,910
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Current	(104,284)	(153,738)
Debt instrument, unamortized discount (premium), net, current portion	(1,421)	(22,624)
Less current maturities	(105,705)	(176,362)
Total long-term debt	3,133,925	3,125,548
Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized pricing discounts and other	5,839	42,084
Unsecured Debt [Member] | July 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible Debt	95	85,256
Unsecured Debt [Member] | April 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	136,465	136,465
Unsecured Debt [Member] | April 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	197,377	197,377
Unsecured Debt [Member] | July 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible Debt	154	46,279
Unsecured Debt [Member] | June 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	295,000	295,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | October 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	250,000	250,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | April 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	200,000	200,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | May 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	250,000	250,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | November 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	200,000	200,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | November 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	150,000	150,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | January 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	425,000	425,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | April 2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	200,000	200,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | July 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding	140,000	30,000
Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Obligations under capital leases	192,528	189,697
Mortgages [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2047	$ 4,672	$ 4,752

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Level 3 Activities (Details) (Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Private Equity Funds [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance	$ 19,779		$ 11,122
Net unrealized (losses) gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	727	[1]	6,069	[1]
Net realized gains (losses) included in Other income, net(2)	(12)	[2]	(82)	[2]
Sales	(17)		0
Contributions	694		1
Distributions and other	(365)		(656)
Fair market value, ending balance	20,806		16,454
Other Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance	11,590		7,659
Net unrealized (losses) gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	128	[1]	2,729	[1]
Net realized gains (losses) included in Other income, net(2)	(6)	[2]	(46)	[2]
Sales	0		0
Contributions	0		0
Distributions and other	0		0
Fair market value, ending balance	$ 11,712

[1] All unrealized gains (losses) recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

[2] All losses recognized in Other income (expense), net for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

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Preneed Funeral Activities Level 3 Activities (Details) (Funeral [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Private Equity Funds [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance	$ 26,885		$ 17,879
Net unrealized (losses) gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	(470)	[1]	10,850	[1]
Net realized losses included in Other income, net(2)	(8)	[2]	(5)	[2]
Payments to Acquire Other Investments	1,887		0
Contributions	467		637
Distributions and other	(1,247)		(3,630)
Fair market value, ending balance	27,514		25,731
Other Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair market value, beginning balance	1,803		744
Net unrealized (losses) gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income	2,036	[1]	509	[1]
Net realized losses included in Other income, net(2)	0	[2]	(1)	[2]
Payments to Acquire Other Investments	0		0
Contributions	0		0
Distributions and other	0		0
Fair market value, ending balance	$ 3,839		$ 1,252

[1] All unrealized gains (losses) recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

[2] All losses recognized in Other income (expense), net for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

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Nature of Operations (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Nature of Operations [Abstract]

Nature of Operations [Text Block]

Nature of Operations

We are North America’s largest provider of deathcare products and services, with a network of funeral service locations and cemeteries primarily operating in the United States and Canada. Our operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and related businesses.

Funeral service locations provide all professional services relating to funerals and cremations, including the use of funeral facilities and motor vehicles and preparation and embalming services. Funeral-related merchandise, including caskets, casket memorialization products, burial vaults, cremation receptacles, cremation memorial products, flowers, and other ancillary products and services, is sold at funeral service locations. Cemeteries provide cemetery property interment rights, including developed lots, lawn crypts, and mausoleum spaces and sell cemetery-related merchandise and services, including stone and bronze memorials, markers, merchandise installations, and burial openings and closings. We also sell preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services whereby a customer contractually agrees to the terms of certain merchandise and services to be provided in the future.

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Investments Classifed by Contractual Maturity Date (Details) (Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Investments Classified By Contractual Maturity Date [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, within One Year, Fair Value	$ 15,236
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after One Through Five Years, Fair Value	35,515
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after Five Through Ten Years, Fair Value	24,753
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, after Ten Years, Fair Value	4,876
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities, Total, Fair Value	$ 80,380

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Reclassifications (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Reclassification of debt	$ 30.0

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Preneed funeral receivables net and trust investments [Line Items]

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments [Table Text Block]

Our cemetery merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 are shown in the following tables:

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	38,848	$	(4,286	)	$	19,559	$	(2,269	)	58,407		(6,555		)
Canadian government	11,259		(82		)	1,113		(33		)	12,372		(115		)
Corporate	10,154		(271		)	2,718		(130		)	12,872		(401		)
Residential mortgage-backed	169		(3		)	4		—			173		(3		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2,260		(45		)	—		—			2,260		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	82,419		(5,575		)	2,909		(195		)	85,328		(5,770		)
Canada	1,843		(123		)	2,395		(768		)	4,238		(891		)
Other international	8,190		(699		)	625		(80		)	8,815		(779		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	2,199		(27		)	14,643		(1,458		)	16,842		(1,485		)
Fixed income	84,375		(2,637		)	69,182		(24,706		)	153,557		(27,343		)
Private equity	—		—			6,707		(4,686		)	6,707		(4,686		)
Other	—		—			279		(6		)	279		(6		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	241,716	$	(13,748	)	$	120,134	$	(34,331	)	$	361,850	$	(48,079	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	45,120	$	(6,040	)	$	25,043	$	(2,836	)	$	70,163	$	(8,876	)
Canadian government	9,424		(120		)	3,066		(141		)	12,490		(261		)
Corporate	15,050		(424		)	3,073		(222		)	18,123		(646		)
Residential mortgage-backed	145		(2		)	2		—			147		(2		)
Asset-backed	3,257		(13		)	—		—			3,257		(13		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	5,604		(123		)	—		—			5,604		(123		)
Common stock:
United States	46,317		(2,648		)	3,489		(583		)	49,806		(3,231		)
Canada	1,569		(502		)	1,935		(433		)	3,504		(935		)
Other international	4,344		(124		)	702		(76		)	5,046		(200		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	3,858		(54		)	14,477		(1,650		)	18,335		(1,704		)
Fixed income	134,669		(5,527		)	64,009		(28,122		)	198,678		(33,649		)
Private equity	—		—			6,589		(5,153		)	6,589		(5,153		)
Other	—		—			282		(33		)	282		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	269,357	$	(15,577	)	$	122,667	$	(39,249	)	$	392,024	$	(54,826	)

Our cemetery perpetual care trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses, are shown in the following tables.

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,247	$	(11	)	$	2	$	—		$	1,249	$	(11	)
Canadian government	18,422		(146		)	1,818		(58		)	20,240		(204		)
Corporate	15,687		(148		)	3,204		(161		)	18,891		(309		)
Residential mortgage-backed	685		(14		)	11		(1		)	696		(15		)
Asset-backed	391		(4		)	15		—			406		(4		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	3,362		(57		)	46		(5		)	3,408		(62		)
Common stock:
United States	25,383		(1,519		)	2,755		(782		)	28,138		(2,301		)
Canada	1,233		(35		)	1,664		(544		)	2,897		(579		)
Other international	1,847		(21		)	1,020		(145		)	2,867		(166		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	397		(15		)	118		(12		)	515		(27		)
Fixed income	49,171		(893		)	9,632		(237		)	58,803		(1,130		)
Private equity	—		—			20,256		(8,753		)	20,256		(8,753		)
Other	14		(10		)	9,891		—			9,905		(10		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	117,839	$	(2,873	)	$	50,432	$	(10,698	)	$	168,271	$	(13,571	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,339	$	(14	)	$	20	$	—		$	1,359	$	(14	)
Canadian government	15,777		(214		)	5,131		(245		)	20,908		(459		)
Corporate	22,534		(129		)	3,299		(134		)	25,833		(263		)
Residential mortgage-backed	2,960		(18		)	10		(1		)	2,970		(19		)
Asset-backed	2,835		(10		)	15		(1		)	2,850		(11		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,650		(245		)	44		(7		)	14,694		(252		)
Common stock:
United States	23,825		(1,561		)	3,254		(526		)	27,079		(2,087		)
Canada	667		(129		)	1,794		(494		)	2,461		(623		)
Other international	1,540		(54		)	525		(113		)	2,065		(167		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	391		(14		)	163		(21		)	554		(35		)
Fixed income	181,701		(2,090		)	28,507		(508		)	210,208		(2,598		)
Private equity	—		—			19,242		(9,002		)	19,242		(9,002		)
Other	—		—			9,738		(84		)	9,738		(84		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	268,219	$	(4,478	)	$	71,742	$	(11,136	)	$	339,961	$	(15,614	)

Funeral [Member]

Preneed funeral receivables net and trust investments [Line Items]

Investment related activities [Table Text Block]

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our preneed funeral merchandise and service trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	27,923		$	22,199
Withdrawals	43,737			32,705
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	61,485			60,979
Sales of available-for-sale securities	64,051			96,704
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	16,101			11,371
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(1,474		)	(1,721		)

Long-term receivable and investment components [Table Text Block]

The components of Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,415,235		$	1,422,942
Cash and cash equivalents	132,471			128,216
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(159,808		)	(163,436		)
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	279,236			280,969
Trust investments	1,667,134			1,668,691
Receivables from customers	255,606			254,294
Unearned finance charge	(6,826		)	(6,772		)
	1,915,914			1,916,213
Allowance for cancellation	(44,375		)	(45,339		)
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	$	1,871,539		$	1,870,874

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The cost and fair values associated with our funeral merchandise and service trust investments recorded at fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below. Cost reflects the investment (net of redemptions) of control holders in common trust funds, mutual funds, and private equity investments. Fair value represents the market value of the underlying securities held by the common trust funds, mutual funds at published values, and the estimated fair value of private equity investments (including debt as well as the estimated fair value related to the contract holder’s equity in majority-owned real estate investments).

	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	99,924	$	1,435	$	(4,221	)	$	97,138
Canadian government	2	94,793		151		(1,066		)	93,878
Corporate	2	56,892		3,965		(361		)	60,496
Residential mortgage-backed	2	2,424		26		(33		)	2,417
Asset-backed	2	3,358		65		—			3,423
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	29,322		1,921		(45		)	31,198
Common stock:
United States	1	369,338		75,887		(6,397		)	438,828
Canada	1	25,182		4,721		(970		)	28,933
Other international	1	34,811		4,904		(480		)	39,235
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	262,636		23,887		(2,132		)	284,391
Fixed income	1	313,960		5,785		(15,800		)	303,945
Private equity	3	32,568		3,069		(8,123		)	27,514
Other	3	3,455		384		—			3,839
Trust investments		$	1,328,663	$	126,200	$	(39,628	)	$	1,415,235

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	110,511	$	1,299	$	(5,599	)	$	106,211
Canadian government	2	100,263		81		(1,113		)	99,231
Corporate	2	64,042		3,515		(691		)	66,866
Residential mortgage-backed	2	2,408		23		(33		)	2,398
Asset-backed	2	3,366		—		(10		)	3,356
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	30,107		754		(235		)	30,626
Common stock:
United States	1	364,721		77,963		(2,928		)	439,756
Canada	1	27,634		4,346		(1,216		)	30,764
Other international	1	35,519		4,986		(199		)	40,306
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	257,256		22,530		(2,303		)	277,483
Fixed income	1	313,606		3,228		(19,577		)	297,257
Private equity	3	32,909		2,702		(8,726		)	26,885
Other	3	1,545		291		(33		)	1,803
Trust investments		$	1,343,887	$	121,718	$	(42,663	)	$	1,422,942

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The change in our market-based funeral merchandise and service trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014					March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other		Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	26,885		$	1,803	$	17,879		$	744
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	(470		)	2,036		10,850			509
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(8		)	—		(5		)	(1		)
Purchases	1,887			—		—			—
Contributions	467			—		637			—
Distributions	(1,247		)	—		(3,630		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	27,514		$	3,839	$	25,731		$	1,252

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities, excluding mutual funds, at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	132,873
Due in one to five years	54,732
Due in five to ten years	40,276
Thereafter	29,471
	$	257,352

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments [Table Text Block]

Our funeral merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values, and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, are shown in the following tables:

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	22,414	$	(2,141	)	$	19,008	$	(2,080	)	$	41,422	$	(4,221	)
Canadian government	4,831		(44		)	16,869		(1,022		)	21,700		(1,066		)
Corporate	17,003		(288		)	1,182		(73		)	18,185		(361		)
Residential mortgage-backed	1,250		(24		)	138		(9		)	1,388		(33		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	1,395		(45		)	—		—			1,395		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	87,310		(5,886		)	2,539		(511		)	89,849		(6,397		)
Canada	7,257		(349		)	1,720		(621		)	8,977		(970		)
Other international	4,373		(450		)	307		(30		)	4,680		(480		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	19,712		(400		)	12,319		(1,732		)	32,031		(2,132		)
Fixed income	52,303		(1,978		)	54,279		(13,822		)	106,582		(15,800		)
Private equity	—		—			13,265		(8,123		)	13,265		(8,123		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	217,848	$	(11,605	)	$	121,626	$	(28,023	)	$	339,474	$	(39,628	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	28,693	$	(3,595	)	$	19,351	$	(2,004	)	$	48,044	$	(5,599	)
Canadian government	9,546		(120		)	18,981		(993		)	28,527		(1,113		)
Corporate	21,357		(346		)	5,654		(345		)	27,011		(691		)
Residential mortgage-backed	1,381		(25		)	172		(8		)	1,553		(33		)
Asset-backed	3,275		(10		)	—		—			3,275		(10		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,028		(235		)	—		—			14,028		(235		)
Common stock:
United States	46,544		(2,153		)	3,327		(775		)	49,871		(2,928		)
Canada	2,433		(576		)	1,992		(641		)	4,425		(1,217		)
Other international	3,396		(138		)	369		(60		)	3,765		(198		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	16,206		(337		)	12,456		(1,966		)	28,662		(2,303		)
Fixed income	143,846		(4,984		)	38,217		(14,593		)	182,063		(19,577		)
Private equity	—		—			13,002		(8,726		)	13,002		(8,726		)
Other	—		—			527		(33		)	527		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	290,705	$	(12,519	)	$	114,048	$	(30,144	)	$	404,753	$	(42,663	)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Service Corporation International (SCI) and all subsidiaries in which we hold a controlling financial interest. Our financial statements also include the accounts of the funeral merchandise and service trusts, cemetery merchandise and service trusts, and cemetery perpetual care trusts in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary. Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited but include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals and any other adjustments, which management considers necessary for a fair statement of our results for these periods. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in a manner consistent with the accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, unless otherwise disclosed herein, and should be read in conjunction therewith. The accompanying year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year period.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period financial statement presentation with no effect on our previously reported results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows.

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. These estimates and assumptions may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. As a result, actual results could differ from these estimates.

Finance, Loans and Leases Receivable, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receivables

We sell preneed funeral and cemetery contracts whereby the customer enters into arrangements for future merchandise and services prior to the time of need. As these contracts are entered into prior to the delivery of the related goods and services, the preneed funeral and cemetery receivables are offset by a comparable deferred revenue amount. These receivables generally have an interest component for which interest income is recorded when the interest amount is considered collectible and realizable, which typically coincides with cash payment. We do not accrue interest on financing receivables that are not paid in accordance with the contractual payment date given the nature of our goods and services, the nature of our contracts with customers, and the timing of the delivery of our services. We do not consider receivables to be past due until the service or goods are required to be delivered at which time the preneed receivable is paid or reclassified as a trade receivable with payment terms of less than 30 days. As the preneed funeral and cemetery receivables are offset by comparable deferred revenue amounts, we have no risk of loss related to these receivables.

If a preneed contract is canceled prior to delivery, state or provincial law governs the amount of the refund owed to the customer, if any, including the amount of the attributed investment earnings. Upon cancellation, we receive the amount of principal deposited to the trust and previously undistributed net investment earnings and, where required, issue a refund to the customer. We retain excess funds, if any, and recognize the attributed investment earnings (net of any investment earnings payable to the customer) as revenue in the consolidated statement of operations. In certain jurisdictions, we may be obligated to fund any shortfall if the amount deposited by the customers exceed the funds in trust. Based on our historical experience, we have provided an allowance for cancellation of these receivables, which is recorded as a reduction in receivables with a corresponding offset to deferred revenue.

Consolidation, Variable Interest Entity, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Our funeral merchandise and service trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. Our cemetery trust investments detailed in Notes 5 and 6 are also accounted for as variable interest entities.

Our cemetery merchandise and service trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. The trust investments detailed in Notes 4 and 6 are also accounted for as variable interest entities.

Our cemetery perpetual care trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. The merchandise and service trust investments detailed in Notes 4 and 5 are also accounted for as variable interest entities.

Funeral and Cemetery cash flow [Policy Text Block]

Cash flows from preneed funeral contracts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Cash flows from preneed cemetery contracts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Cash flows from cemetery perpetual care trusts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Revenue Recognition, Deferred Revenue [Policy Text Block]

These earnings are recorded in Deferred preneed funeral revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered.

These earnings are recorded in Deferred preneed cemetery revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure (FVM&D) Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments. Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments. Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments.Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The fair values of our long-term, fixed rate loans were estimated using market prices for those loans, and therefore they are classified within Level 1 of the Fair Value Measurements hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC. The bank credit agreement and the mortgage and other debt are classified within Level 3 of the Fair Value Measurements hierarchy. The fair values of these instruments have been estimated using discounted cash flow analysis based on our incremental borrowing rate for similar borrowing arrangements.

Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Earnings from all our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are recognized in funeral revenues when a service is performed or merchandise is delivered. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. In addition, we are entitled to retain, in certain jurisdictions, a portion of collected customer payments when a customer cancels a preneed contract; these amounts are also recognized in current revenues.

Earnings from all our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are recognized in current cemetery revenues when a service is performed or merchandise is delivered. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. In addition, we are entitled to retain, in certain jurisdictions, a portion of collected customer payments when a customer cancels a preneed contract; these amounts are also recognized in current revenues.

Distributable earnings from these cemetery perpetual care trust investments are recognized in current cemetery revenues to the extent we incur qualifying cemetery maintenance costs. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned.

Marketable Securities, Available-for-sale Securities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust.

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Cemetery perpetual care trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Care trusts’ corpus.

Share-based Compensation, Option and Incentive Plans Policy [Policy Text Block]

We utilize the Black-Scholes option valuation model for estimating the fair value of our stock options.

Segment Reporting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Our operations are both product based and geographically based, and the reportable operating segments presented below include our funeral and cemetery operations.

Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Basic earnings per common share (EPS) excludes dilution and is computed by dividing Net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other obligations to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common shares that then shared in our earnings.

The computation of diluted EPS excludes outstanding stock options and convertible debt in certain periods in which the inclusion of such options and debt would be anti-dilutive in the periods presented.

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Preneed Cemetery Activities Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Invstments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	$ 241,716	$ 269,357
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(13,748)	15,577
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	120,134	122,667
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(34,331)	39,249
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	361,850	392,024
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(48,079)	(54,826)
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	38,848	45,120
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(4,286)	(6,040)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	19,559	25,043
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(2,269)	(2,836)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	58,407	70,163
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6,555)	(8,876)
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	11,259	9,424
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(82)	(120)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	1,113	3,066
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(33)	(141)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	12,372	12,490
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(115)	(261)
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	10,154	15,050
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(271)	(424)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,718	3,073
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(130)	(222)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	12,872	18,123
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(401)	(646)
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	169	145
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(3)	(2)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	4	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	173	147
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(3)	(2)
Preferred Stock securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	2,260	5,604
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(45)	(123)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	2,260	5,604
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(45)	(123)
US Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	82,419	46,317
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(5,575)	(2,648)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,909	3,489
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(195)	(583)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	85,328	49,806
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(5,770)	(3,231)
Canada Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,843	1,569
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(123)	(502)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,395	1,935
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(768)	(433)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	4,238	3,504
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(891)	(935)
Other International Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	8,190	4,344
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(699)	(124)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	625	702
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(80)	(76)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	8,815	5,046
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(779)	(200)
Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	2,199	3,858
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(27)	(54)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	14,643	14,477
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(1,458)	(1,650)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	16,842	18,335
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(1,485)	(1,704)
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	84,375	134,669
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(2,637)	(5,527)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	69,182	64,009
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(24,706)	(28,122)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	153,557	198,678
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(27,343)	(33,649)
Private Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	6,707	6,589
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(4,686)	(5,153)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	6,707	6,589
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(4,686)	(5,153)
Other Investments [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Other Investments [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value		282
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses		(33)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value		282
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses		$ (33)

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Preneed Funeral Activities Investment Related Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	$ 46,678	$ 31,729
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(4,110)	(4,213)
Funeral [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Assets of Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Current	(159,808)		(163,436)
Deposits	27,923	22,199
Withdrawals	43,737	32,705
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	61,485	60,979
Sales of available-for-sale securities	64,051	96,704
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	16,101	11,371
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	$ (1,474)	$ (1,721)

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Preneed Cemetery Activities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Preneed Cemetery Receivables, Net and Trust Investments [Line Items]

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments [Table Text Block]

Our cemetery merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 are shown in the following tables:

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	38,848	$	(4,286	)	$	19,559	$	(2,269	)	58,407		(6,555		)
Canadian government	11,259		(82		)	1,113		(33		)	12,372		(115		)
Corporate	10,154		(271		)	2,718		(130		)	12,872		(401		)
Residential mortgage-backed	169		(3		)	4		—			173		(3		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2,260		(45		)	—		—			2,260		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	82,419		(5,575		)	2,909		(195		)	85,328		(5,770		)
Canada	1,843		(123		)	2,395		(768		)	4,238		(891		)
Other international	8,190		(699		)	625		(80		)	8,815		(779		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	2,199		(27		)	14,643		(1,458		)	16,842		(1,485		)
Fixed income	84,375		(2,637		)	69,182		(24,706		)	153,557		(27,343		)
Private equity	—		—			6,707		(4,686		)	6,707		(4,686		)
Other	—		—			279		(6		)	279		(6		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	241,716	$	(13,748	)	$	120,134	$	(34,331	)	$	361,850	$	(48,079	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	45,120	$	(6,040	)	$	25,043	$	(2,836	)	$	70,163	$	(8,876	)
Canadian government	9,424		(120		)	3,066		(141		)	12,490		(261		)
Corporate	15,050		(424		)	3,073		(222		)	18,123		(646		)
Residential mortgage-backed	145		(2		)	2		—			147		(2		)
Asset-backed	3,257		(13		)	—		—			3,257		(13		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	5,604		(123		)	—		—			5,604		(123		)
Common stock:
United States	46,317		(2,648		)	3,489		(583		)	49,806		(3,231		)
Canada	1,569		(502		)	1,935		(433		)	3,504		(935		)
Other international	4,344		(124		)	702		(76		)	5,046		(200		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	3,858		(54		)	14,477		(1,650		)	18,335		(1,704		)
Fixed income	134,669		(5,527		)	64,009		(28,122		)	198,678		(33,649		)
Private equity	—		—			6,589		(5,153		)	6,589		(5,153		)
Other	—		—			282		(33		)	282		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	269,357	$	(15,577	)	$	122,667	$	(39,249	)	$	392,024	$	(54,826	)

Our cemetery perpetual care trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses, are shown in the following tables.

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,247	$	(11	)	$	2	$	—		$	1,249	$	(11	)
Canadian government	18,422		(146		)	1,818		(58		)	20,240		(204		)
Corporate	15,687		(148		)	3,204		(161		)	18,891		(309		)
Residential mortgage-backed	685		(14		)	11		(1		)	696		(15		)
Asset-backed	391		(4		)	15		—			406		(4		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	3,362		(57		)	46		(5		)	3,408		(62		)
Common stock:
United States	25,383		(1,519		)	2,755		(782		)	28,138		(2,301		)
Canada	1,233		(35		)	1,664		(544		)	2,897		(579		)
Other international	1,847		(21		)	1,020		(145		)	2,867		(166		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	397		(15		)	118		(12		)	515		(27		)
Fixed income	49,171		(893		)	9,632		(237		)	58,803		(1,130		)
Private equity	—		—			20,256		(8,753		)	20,256		(8,753		)
Other	14		(10		)	9,891		—			9,905		(10		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	117,839	$	(2,873	)	$	50,432	$	(10,698	)	$	168,271	$	(13,571	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,339	$	(14	)	$	20	$	—		$	1,359	$	(14	)
Canadian government	15,777		(214		)	5,131		(245		)	20,908		(459		)
Corporate	22,534		(129		)	3,299		(134		)	25,833		(263		)
Residential mortgage-backed	2,960		(18		)	10		(1		)	2,970		(19		)
Asset-backed	2,835		(10		)	15		(1		)	2,850		(11		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,650		(245		)	44		(7		)	14,694		(252		)
Common stock:
United States	23,825		(1,561		)	3,254		(526		)	27,079		(2,087		)
Canada	667		(129		)	1,794		(494		)	2,461		(623		)
Other international	1,540		(54		)	525		(113		)	2,065		(167		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	391		(14		)	163		(21		)	554		(35		)
Fixed income	181,701		(2,090		)	28,507		(508		)	210,208		(2,598		)
Private equity	—		—			19,242		(9,002		)	19,242		(9,002		)
Other	—		—			9,738		(84		)	9,738		(84		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	268,219	$	(4,478	)	$	71,742	$	(11,136	)	$	339,961	$	(15,614	)

Cemetery [Member]

Preneed Cemetery Receivables, Net and Trust Investments [Line Items]

Investment related activities [Table Text Block]

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our preneed cemetery merchandise and service trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	28,271		$	25,268
Withdrawals	34,348			29,881
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	98,758			105,722
Sales of available-for-sale securities	92,317			125,743
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	25,532			16,576
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(2,299		)	(2,170		)

Long-term receivable and investment components [Table Text Block]

The components of Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,551,178		$	1,553,719
Cash and cash equivalents	144,265			138,459
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(112,275		)	(107,481		)
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	4			4
Trust investments	1,583,172			1,584,701
Receivables from customers	799,992			800,005
Unearned finance charges	(28,163		)	(27,873		)
	2,355,001			2,356,833
Allowance for cancellation	(53,368		)	(55,922		)
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	$	2,301,633		$	2,300,911

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	95,784	$	1,889	$	(6,555	)	$	91,118
Canadian government	2	17,872		197		(115		)	17,954
Corporate	2	45,148		6,188		(401		)	50,935
Residential mortgage-backed	2	395		3		(3		)	395
Asset-backed	2	3,317		81		—			3,398
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	14,871		1,216		(45		)	16,042
Common stock:
United States	1	434,792		138,660		(5,770		)	567,682
Canada	1	14,972		4,235		(891		)	18,316
Other international	1	42,993		9,336		(779		)	51,550
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	333,407		51,731		(1,485		)	383,653
Fixed income	1	341,016		7,690		(27,343		)	321,363
Private equity	3	28,281		3,924		(4,686		)	27,519
Other	3	1,043		216		(6		)	1,253
Trust investments		$	1,373,891	$	225,366	$	(48,079	)	$	1,551,178

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	113,621	$	1,714	$	(8,876	)	$	106,459
Canadian government	2	17,073		170		(261		)	16,982
Corporate	2	48,970		5,262		(646		)	53,586
Residential mortgage-backed	2	408		2		(2		)	408
Asset-backed	2	3,346		—		(13		)	3,333
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	16,708		1,106		(123		)	17,691
Common stock:
United States	1	425,246		147,258		(3,231		)	569,273
Canada	1	15,368		4,063		(935		)	18,496
Other international	1	44,184		10,079		(200		)	54,063
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	327,084		49,428		(1,704		)	374,808
Fixed income	1	338,944		5,236		(33,649		)	310,531
Private equity	3	28,625		3,372		(5,153		)	26,844
Other	3	1,078		200		(33		)	1,245
Trust investments		$	1,380,655	$	227,890	$	(54,826	)	$	1,553,719

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The change in our market-based cemetery merchandise and service trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014						March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other			Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	26,844		$	1,245		$	17,687		$	450
Net unrealized gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	1,487			9			11,400			587
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(8		)	(1		)	(7		)	(2		)
Contributions	499			—			662			—
Distributions	(1,303		)	—			(3,785		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	27,519		$	1,253		$	25,957		$	1,035

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities, excluding mutual funds, at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	8,842
Due in one to five years	71,928
Due in five to ten years	36,756
Thereafter	46,274
	$	163,800

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments [Line Items]

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments [Table Text Block]

Our cemetery merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 are shown in the following tables:

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	38,848	$	(4,286	)	$	19,559	$	(2,269	)	58,407		(6,555		)
Canadian government	11,259		(82		)	1,113		(33		)	12,372		(115		)
Corporate	10,154		(271		)	2,718		(130		)	12,872		(401		)
Residential mortgage-backed	169		(3		)	4		—			173		(3		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2,260		(45		)	—		—			2,260		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	82,419		(5,575		)	2,909		(195		)	85,328		(5,770		)
Canada	1,843		(123		)	2,395		(768		)	4,238		(891		)
Other international	8,190		(699		)	625		(80		)	8,815		(779		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	2,199		(27		)	14,643		(1,458		)	16,842		(1,485		)
Fixed income	84,375		(2,637		)	69,182		(24,706		)	153,557		(27,343		)
Private equity	—		—			6,707		(4,686		)	6,707		(4,686		)
Other	—		—			279		(6		)	279		(6		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	241,716	$	(13,748	)	$	120,134	$	(34,331	)	$	361,850	$	(48,079	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	45,120	$	(6,040	)	$	25,043	$	(2,836	)	$	70,163	$	(8,876	)
Canadian government	9,424		(120		)	3,066		(141		)	12,490		(261		)
Corporate	15,050		(424		)	3,073		(222		)	18,123		(646		)
Residential mortgage-backed	145		(2		)	2		—			147		(2		)
Asset-backed	3,257		(13		)	—		—			3,257		(13		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	5,604		(123		)	—		—			5,604		(123		)
Common stock:
United States	46,317		(2,648		)	3,489		(583		)	49,806		(3,231		)
Canada	1,569		(502		)	1,935		(433		)	3,504		(935		)
Other international	4,344		(124		)	702		(76		)	5,046		(200		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	3,858		(54		)	14,477		(1,650		)	18,335		(1,704		)
Fixed income	134,669		(5,527		)	64,009		(28,122		)	198,678		(33,649		)
Private equity	—		—			6,589		(5,153		)	6,589		(5,153		)
Other	—		—			282		(33		)	282		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	269,357	$	(15,577	)	$	122,667	$	(39,249	)	$	392,024	$	(54,826	)

Our cemetery perpetual care trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses, are shown in the following tables.

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,247	$	(11	)	$	2	$	—		$	1,249	$	(11	)
Canadian government	18,422		(146		)	1,818		(58		)	20,240		(204		)
Corporate	15,687		(148		)	3,204		(161		)	18,891		(309		)
Residential mortgage-backed	685		(14		)	11		(1		)	696		(15		)
Asset-backed	391		(4		)	15		—			406		(4		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	3,362		(57		)	46		(5		)	3,408		(62		)
Common stock:
United States	25,383		(1,519		)	2,755		(782		)	28,138		(2,301		)
Canada	1,233		(35		)	1,664		(544		)	2,897		(579		)
Other international	1,847		(21		)	1,020		(145		)	2,867		(166		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	397		(15		)	118		(12		)	515		(27		)
Fixed income	49,171		(893		)	9,632		(237		)	58,803		(1,130		)
Private equity	—		—			20,256		(8,753		)	20,256		(8,753		)
Other	14		(10		)	9,891		—			9,905		(10		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	117,839	$	(2,873	)	$	50,432	$	(10,698	)	$	168,271	$	(13,571	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,339	$	(14	)	$	20	$	—		$	1,359	$	(14	)
Canadian government	15,777		(214		)	5,131		(245		)	20,908		(459		)
Corporate	22,534		(129		)	3,299		(134		)	25,833		(263		)
Residential mortgage-backed	2,960		(18		)	10		(1		)	2,970		(19		)
Asset-backed	2,835		(10		)	15		(1		)	2,850		(11		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,650		(245		)	44		(7		)	14,694		(252		)
Common stock:
United States	23,825		(1,561		)	3,254		(526		)	27,079		(2,087		)
Canada	667		(129		)	1,794		(494		)	2,461		(623		)
Other international	1,540		(54		)	525		(113		)	2,065		(167		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	391		(14		)	163		(21		)	554		(35		)
Fixed income	181,701		(2,090		)	28,507		(508		)	210,208		(2,598		)
Private equity	—		—			19,242		(9,002		)	19,242		(9,002		)
Other	—		—			9,738		(84		)	9,738		(84		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	268,219	$	(4,478	)	$	71,742	$	(11,136	)	$	339,961	$	(15,614	)

Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]

Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments [Line Items]

Investment related activities [Table Text Block]

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our cemetery perpetual care trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	11,837		$	8,228
Withdrawals	5,885			9,569
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	38,895			35,052
Sales of available-for-sale securities	30,072			27,490
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	5,045			3,782
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(337		)	(322		)

Long-term receivable and investment components [Table Text Block]

The components of Cemetery perpetual care trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,373,613		$	1,352,539
Cash and cash equivalents	81,773			78,509
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(112,797		)	(83,426		)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,342,589		$	1,347,622

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	1,675	$	18	$	(11	)	$	1,682
Canadian government	2	29,208		346		(204		)	29,350
Corporate	2	41,561		733		(309		)	41,985
Residential mortgage-backed	2	4,280		34		(15		)	4,299
Asset-backed	2	3,001		67		(4		)	3,064
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	26,495		1,431		(62		)	27,864
Common stock:
United States	1	232,619		54,271		(2,301		)	284,589
Canada	1	8,446		2,389		(579		)	10,256
Other international	1	21,341		1,863		(166		)	23,038
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	40,452		7,385		(27		)	47,810
Fixed income	1	822,406		45,882		(1,130		)	867,158
Private equity	3	29,074		485		(8,753		)	20,806
Other	3	10,571		1,151		(10		)	11,712
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		$	1,271,129	$	116,055	$	(13,571	)	$	1,373,613

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	1,588	$	9	$	(14	)	$	1,583
Canadian government	2	28,487		301		(459		)	28,329
Corporate	2	43,196		312		(263		)	43,245
Residential mortgage-backed	2	4,258		14		(19		)	4,253
Asset-backed	2	3,006		5		(11		)	3,000
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	25,952		192		(252		)	25,892
Common stock:
United States	1	231,156		53,782		(2,087		)	282,851
Canada	1	8,846		2,222		(623		)	10,445
Other international	1	20,676		1,319		(167		)	21,828
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	41,282		5,693		(35		)	46,940
Fixed income	1	819,439		35,963		(2,598		)	852,804
Private equity	3	28,309		472		(9,002		)	19,779
Other	3	10,521		1,153		(84		)	11,590
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		$	1,266,716	$	101,437	$	(15,614	)	$	1,352,539

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The change in our market-based cemetery perpetual care trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014						March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other			Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	19,779		$	11,590		$	11,122		$	7,659
Net unrealized gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	727			128			6,069			2,729
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(12		)	(6		)	(82		)	(46		)
Sales	(17		)	—			—			—
Contributions	694			—			1			—
Distributions	(365		)	—			(656		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	20,806		$	11,712		$	16,454		$	10,342

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	15,236
Due in one to five years	35,515
Due in five to ten years	24,753
Thereafter	4,876
	$	80,380

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity (Parenthetical) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.08	$ 0.06

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

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	March 31, 2014									December 31, 2013
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total			Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
	(In thousands)									(In thousands)
Trust investments	$	1,667,134		$	1,583,172		$	3,250,306		$	1,668,691		$	1,584,701		$	3,253,392
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,934		)	(2,743		)	(4,677		)	(1,108		)	(1,698		)	(2,806		)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	$	1,665,200		$	1,580,429		$	3,245,629		$	1,667,583		$	1,583,003		$	3,250,586

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, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,342,589		$	1,347,622
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(2,228		)	(1,748		)
Care trusts’ corpus	$	1,340,361		$	1,345,874

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

The components of Other income (expense), net in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 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, 2014
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	16,101		$	25,532		$	5,045		$	—	$	46,678
Realized losses	(1,474		)	(2,299		)	(337		)	—		(4,110		)
Impairment charges	(251		)	(339		)	(40		)	—		(630		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	5,574			2,495			9,586			—		17,655
Trust expenses and income taxes	(4,467		)	(4,815		)	(1,547		)	—		(10,829		)
Net trust investment income	15,483			20,574			12,707			—		48,764
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(15,483		)	(20,574		)	(12,707		)	—		(48,764		)
Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			1,534		1,534
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	1,534	$	1,534

	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 (expense), net	—			—			—			(984		)	(984		)
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(984	)	$	(984	)

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Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 747,123	$ 652,352
Costs and expenses	(580,741)	(492,695)
Gross profits	166,382	159,657
General and administrative expenses	(56,010)	(30,923)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,812)	(969)
Operating income	107,560	127,765
Interest expense	(44,996)	(32,769)
Equity in subsidiaries	0	0
Other (expense) income, net	1,534	(984)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	64,098	94,012
Benefit (provision for income taxes	(22,707)	(35,290)
Net income	41,391	58,722
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(289)	(1,102)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	41,102	57,620
Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues	0	0
Costs and expenses	0	0
Gross profits	0	0
General and administrative expenses	(267)	(262)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	0	0
Operating income	(267)	(262)
Interest expense	(40,593)	(31,035)
Equity in subsidiaries	66,917	77,420
Other (expense) income, net	0	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	26,057	46,123
Benefit (provision for income taxes	15,045	11,497
Net income	41,102	57,620
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0
Net income attributable to common stockholders	41,102	57,620
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues	0
Costs and expenses	0
Gross profits	0
General and administrative expenses	(8,979)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	0
Operating income	(8,979)
Interest expense	(2,652)
Equity in subsidiaries	19,394
Other (expense) income, net	(2)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	7,761
Benefit (provision for income taxes	4,691
Net income	12,452
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0
Net income attributable to common stockholders	12,452
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues	110,165
Costs and expenses	(78,197)
Gross profits	31,968
General and administrative expenses	0
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(66)
Operating income	31,902
Interest expense	0
Equity in subsidiaries	384
Other (expense) income, net	1
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	32,287
Benefit (provision for income taxes	(12,863)
Net income	19,424
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0
Net income attributable to common stockholders	19,424
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues	636,958	652,352
Costs and expenses	(502,544)	(492,695)
Gross profits	134,414	159,657
General and administrative expenses	(46,764)	(30,661)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,746)	(969)
Operating income	84,904	128,027
Interest expense	(1,751)	(1,734)
Equity in subsidiaries	0	0
Other (expense) income, net	1,535	(984)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	84,688	125,309
Benefit (provision for income taxes	(29,580)	(46,787)
Net income	55,108	78,522
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0
Net income attributable to common stockholders	55,108	78,522
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues	0	0
Costs and expenses	0	0
Gross profits	0	0
General and administrative expenses	0	0
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	0	0
Operating income	0	0
Interest expense	0	0
Equity in subsidiaries	(86,695)	(77,420)
Other (expense) income, net	0	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	(86,695)	(77,420)
Benefit (provision for income taxes	0	0
Net income	(86,695)	(77,420)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(289)	(1,102)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ (86,984)	$ (78,522)

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Acquisition (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2013

Acquisition [Abstract]

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable	$	14,638
Other current assets	198,760
Cemetery property	282,524
Property and equipment, net	338,363
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments	654,805
Finite-lived intangible assets	77,134
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	79,400
Acquired assets held for sale	443,169
Deferred charges and other assets	278,319
Goodwill	625,295
Total assets acquired	2,992,407
Current liabilities	217,175
Long-term debt	270,668
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts	834,320
Assumed liabilities held for sale	162,668
Deferred income taxes	62,409
Other liabilities	279,694
Total liabilities assumed	1,826,934
Noncontrolling interest	118
Net assets acquired	$	1,165,355

Schedule of Finite and Indefinte-lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of a Business Comination [Table Text Block]

	Useful life
	Minimum	Maximum	Fair Value
	(Years)		(In thousands)
Preneed customer relationships related to insurance claims	10	20	$	28,500
Other preneed customer relationships	10	14	21,960
Selling and management agreements	20	40	5,900
Covenants-not-to-compete	5	15	5,480
Operating leases	26	34	6,144
Tradenames	5	5	9,150
Tradenames		Indefinite	77,900
Licenses and permits		Indefinite	1,500
Total intangible assets			$	156,534

Adjustments to Fair Value [Table Text Block]

	(In thousands)
Decrease in the fair value of cemetery property	1,942
Decrease in the fair value of property and equipment, net	2,093
Decrease in the fair value of finite-lived intangible assets	29,146
Increase in the fair value of deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trust	51,463
Decrease in the fair value of deferred income taxes	(37,760	)
Other	(751	)
Total adjustment to goodwill	46,133

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

	2013
	(In thousands)
	(unaudited)
Revenue	$	750,105
Net income	$	64,218

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Preneed Cemetery Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) (Cemetery [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 1,373,891	$ 1,380,655
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	225,366	227,890
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(48,079)	(54,826)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	1,551,178	1,553,719
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	95,784	113,621
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,889	1,714
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(6,555)	(8,876)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	91,118	106,459
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	17,872	17,073
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	197	170
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(115)	(261)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	17,954	16,982
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	45,148	48,970
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	6,188	5,262
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(401)	(646)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	50,935	53,586
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	395	408
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	3	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(3)	(2)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	395	408
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	3,317	3,346
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	81	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	(13)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	3,398	3,333
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Preferred Stock securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	14,871	16,708
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,216	1,106
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(45)	(123)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	16,042	17,691
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | US Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	434,792	425,246
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	138,660	147,258
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(5,770)	(3,231)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	567,682	569,273
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Canada Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	14,972	15,368
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	4,235	4,063
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(891)	(935)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	18,316	18,496
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Other International Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	42,993	44,184
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	9,336	10,079
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(779)	(200)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	51,550	54,063
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	333,407	327,084
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	51,731	49,428
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,485)	(1,704)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	383,653	374,808
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	341,016	338,944
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	7,690	5,236
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(27,343)	(33,649)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	321,363	310,531
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Private Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	28,281	28,625
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	3,924	3,372
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,686)	(5,153)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	27,519	26,844
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Investments [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	1,043	1,078
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	216	200
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(6)	(33)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	$ 1,253	$ 1,245

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Equity (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Foreign Currency Gain (Loss) [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]
Accumulated other comprehensive income [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 77,215	$ 88,441	$ 88,441	$ 88,441	$ 0
Activity in 2014			(11,226)		0
Reduction in net unrealized gains associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts, net of taxes			17,039	0	17,039
Reclassification of net unrealized losses activity attributable to the Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and Care trusts’ corpus, net of taxes			(17,039)	0	(17,039)
Balance at end of period	$ 77,215	$ 88,441	$ 77,215	$ 77,215	$ 0

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations Statement (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Revenues	$ 747,123	$ 652,352
Costs and expenses	(580,741)	(492,695)
Gross profits	166,382	159,657
General and administrative expenses	(56,010)	(30,923)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,812)	(969)
Operating income	107,560	127,765
Interest expense	(44,996)	(32,769)
Other income (expense), net	1,534	(984)
Income before income taxes	64,098	94,012
Provision for income taxes	(22,707)	(35,290)
Net income	41,391	58,722
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(289)	(1,102)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 41,102	$ 57,620
Basic earnings per share:
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.19	$ 0.27
Basic weighted average number of shares	212,838	211,380
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.19	$ 0.27
Diluted weighted average number of shares	217,231	215,208
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.08	$ 0.06

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Preneed Funeral Activities Long-term Receivable and Investment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	$ 1,871,539	$ 1,870,874
Funeral [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Trust investments, at market	1,415,235	1,422,942
Cash and cash equivalents	132,471	128,216
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	279,236	280,969
Trust investments	1,667,134	1,668,691
Receivables from customers	255,606	254,294
Unearned finance charges	(6,826)	(6,772)
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments, excluding allowance for cancellation	1,915,914	1,916,213
Allowance for cancellation	(44,375)	(45,339)
Preneed funeral receivables and trust investments	$ 1,871,539	$ 1,870,874

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Statement (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 41,391	$ 58,722
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	36,120	30,447
Amortization of intangible assets	10,080	5,808
Amortization of cemetery property	11,339	8,975
Amortization of loan costs	1,844	1,235
Provision for doubtful accounts	2,155	1,720
Provision for deferred income taxes	10,124	26,134
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	2,812	969
Share-based compensation	3,130	2,830
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	(6,744)	(772)
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and divestitures:
(Increase) decrease in receivables	(3,761)	5,962
Increase in other assets	(931)	(5,882)
Increase in payables and other liabilities	5,966	12,215
Effect of preneed funeral production and maturities:
Decrease in preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	12,852	13,738
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral revenue	(531)	(4,000)
Decrease in deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust	(14,768)	(14,176)
Effect of cemetery production and deliveries:
Decrease (increase) in preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,160	(6,359)
Increase in deferred preneed cemetery revenue	19,421	15,912
Decrease in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust	(6,262)	(3,419)
Other	1,490	1,065
Net cash provided by operating activities	127,887	151,124
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(25,222)	(22,569)
Acquisitions	(779)	0
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	2,639	1,816
Net (deposits) withdrawals of restricted funds and other	(12,225)	339
Net cash used in investing activities	(35,587)	(20,414)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	110,000	0
Payments of debt	(7,579)	(4,948)
Principal payments on capital leases	(7,231)	(6,468)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,915	3,094
Early extinguishment of debt	(167,093)	0
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	6,744	772
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,053)	(1,708)
Payments of dividends	(17,080)	(12,698)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	(15,000)	(8,333)
Bank overdrafts and other	3,762	(4,004)
Net cash used in financing activities	(86,615)	(34,293)
Effect of foreign currency on cash and cash equivalents	(1,939)	(579)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	3,746	95,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	144,873	92,708
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 148,619	$ 188,546

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Long-term Receivable and Investment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$ 1,342,589	$ 1,347,622
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	117,839	268,219
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(2,873)	(4,478)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	50,432	71,742
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(10,698)	(11,136)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	168,271	339,961
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(13,571)	(15,614)
Trust investments, at market	1,373,613	1,352,539
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	81,773	78,509
Assets of Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Current	(112,797)	(83,426)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,342,589	1,347,622
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value		2,835
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses		(10)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value		15
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses		(1)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value		2,850
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses		(11)
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,247	1,339
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(11)	(14)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2	20
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	1,249	1,359
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(11)	(14)
Private Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	20,256	19,242
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(8,753)	(9,002)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	20,256	19,242
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(8,753)	(9,002)
Other Investments [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Other Investments [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Long-term receivable and investment components [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	14	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(10)	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	9,891	9,738
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	(84)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	9,905	9,738
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	$ (10)	$ (84)

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The fair values of our stock options are calculated using the following weighted average assumptions for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	Three Months Ended
Assumptions	March 31, 2014
Dividend yield	1.8	%
Expected volatility	27.1	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.1	%
Expected holding period (in years)	4.0

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	Options		Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2013	13,319,750		$	9.84
Granted	2,495,850		$	17.41
Exercised	(964,403	)	$	8.82
Outstanding at March 31, 2014	14,851,197		$	11.18
Exercisable at March 31, 2014	10,339,379		$	9.14

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock Units Award Activity [Table Text Block]

Restricted share activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was as follows:

	Restricted shares		Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted shares at December 31, 2013	1,183,229		$	11.81
Granted	344,570		$	17.41
Vested	(187,549	)	$	11.44
Nonvested restricted shares at March 31, 2014	1,340,250		$	13.30

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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Components of Other Income, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust, excluding accrued expenses	$ 3,250,306		$ 3,253,392
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(4,677)		(2,806)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	3,245,629		3,250,586
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,342,589		1,347,622
Care trusts’ corpus	1,340,361		1,345,874
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	46,678	31,729
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(4,110)	(4,213)
Impairment charges	(630)	(620)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	17,655	9,435
Trust expenses and income taxes	(10,829)	(6,625)
Net trust investment income	48,764	29,706
Investment Income, Nonoperating, Effect on Deferred Preneed Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trust Corpus'	(48,764)	(29,706)
Other income, net	1,534	(984)
Other income (expense), net	1,534	(984)
Funeral [Member]
Components of Other Income, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust, excluding accrued expenses	1,667,134		1,668,691
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,934)		(1,108)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	1,665,200		1,667,583
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	16,101	11,371
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(1,474)	(1,721)
Impairment charges	(251)	(200)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	5,574	1,817
Trust expenses and income taxes	(4,467)	(2,381)
Net trust investment income	15,483	8,886
Investment Income, Nonoperating, Effect on Deferred Preneed Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trust Corpus'	(15,483)	(8,886)
Other income, net	0	0
Other income (expense), net	0	0
Cemetery [Member]
Components of Other Income, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust, excluding accrued expenses	1,583,172		1,584,701
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(2,743)		(1,698)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	1,580,429		1,583,003
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	25,532	16,576
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(2,299)	(2,170)
Impairment charges	(339)	(357)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	2,495	1,529
Trust expenses and income taxes	(4,815)	(3,669)
Net trust investment income	20,574	11,909
Investment Income, Nonoperating, Effect on Deferred Preneed Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trust Corpus'	(20,574)	(11,909)
Other income, net	0	0
Other income (expense), net	0	0
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Components of Other Income, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Accrued trust operating payables and other	2,228		(1,748)
Care trusts' corpus, excluding accrued expenses	1,342,589
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,342,589		1,347,622
Care trusts’ corpus	1,340,361		1,345,874
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	5,045	3,782
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(337)	(322)
Impairment charges	(40)	(63)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	9,586	6,089
Trust expenses and income taxes	(1,547)	(575)
Net trust investment income	12,707	8,911
Investment Income, Nonoperating, Effect on Deferred Preneed Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trust Corpus'	(12,707)	(8,911)
Other income, net	0	0
Other income (expense), net	0	0
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Components of Other Income, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	0	0
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	0	0
Impairment charges	0	0
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	0	0
Trust expenses and income taxes	0	0
Net trust investment income	0	0
Investment Income, Nonoperating, Effect on Deferred Preneed Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trust Corpus'	0	0
Other income, net	1,534	(984)
Other income (expense), net	$ 1,534	$ (984)

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Supplementary Information (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Supplementary Information [Abstract]

Additional Financial Information Disclosure [Text Block]

Supplementary Information

The detail of certain income statement accounts as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations is as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Merchandise revenues:
Funeral	$	164,735	$	160,329
Cemetery	155,392		129,476
Total merchandise revenues	320,127		289,805
Services revenues:
Funeral	311,160		273,830
Cemetery	71,383		54,568
Total services revenues	382,543		328,398
Other revenues	44,453		34,149
Total revenues	$	747,123	$	652,352
Merchandise costs and expenses:
Funeral	$	81,954	$	75,781
Cemetery	69,537		56,553
Total cost of merchandise	151,491		132,334
Services costs and expenses:
Funeral	159,505		136,124
Cemetery	37,038		26,331
Total cost of services	196,543		162,455
Overhead and other expenses	232,707		197,906
Total costs and expenses	$	580,741	$	492,695

Certain Non-Cash Financing Transactions

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Options exercised by attestation	$	761		$	—
Shares repurchased	$	(761	)	$	—

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Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

Our components of Accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Unrealized Gains and Losses			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
				(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	88,441		$	—		$	88,441
Activity in 2014	(11,226		)	—			(11,226		)
Reduction in net unrealized gains associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts, net of taxes	—			17,039			17,039
Reclassification of net unrealized losses activity attributable to the Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and Care trusts’ corpus, net of taxes	—			(17,039		)	(17,039		)
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	77,215		$	—		$	77,215

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Earnings Per Share (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per common share (EPS) excludes dilution and is computed by dividing Net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other obligations to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common shares that then shared in our earnings.

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS computations is presented below:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Net income:
Net income — basic	$	41,102	$	57,620
After tax interest on convertible debt	13		13
Net income — diluted	$	41,115	$	57,633
Weighted average shares (denominator):
Weighted average shares — basic	212,838		211,380
Stock options	4,272		3,707
Convertible debt	121		121
Weighted average shares — diluted	217,231		215,208
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19	$	0.27
Diluted	$	0.19	$	0.27

The computation of diluted EPS excludes outstanding stock options and convertible debt in certain periods in which the inclusion of such options and debt would be anti-dilutive in the periods presented. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, total options not currently included in the computation of dilutive EPS were 2.7 million and 1.1 million, respectively.

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Debt Debt, Textuals (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	5.38%		5.25%
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	72.00%		76.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 500,000,000
Letters of Credit, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	175,000,000
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	31,600,000
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.40%
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	328,400,000
Repayments of Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	181,900,000	11,400,000
Repayments of Long-term Capital Lease Obligations	7,231,000	6,468,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt	7,579,000	4,948,000
Capital Lease Obligations Incurred	10,700,000	14,900,000
July 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Debt	86,300,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt	21,700,000
July 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Debt	45,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt	14,200,000
July 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Debt	$ 7,500,000
February 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.875%

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity Statement (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Total	Common Stock	Treasury Stock	Capital in Excess of Par Value	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	Noncontrolling Interests
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2012	$ 1,362,827	$ 211,057	$ (10)	$ 1,307,058	$ (286,795)	$ 111,717	$ 19,800
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income	53,206	0	0	0	57,620	(5,512)	1,098
Dividends declared on common stock	(12,698)	0	0	(12,698)	0	0	0
Employee share-based compensation earned	2,830	0	0	2,830	0	0	0
Stock option exercises	3,094	350	0	2,744	0	0	0
Tax Benefits Related to Share-Based Awards	772	0	0	772	0	0	0
Restricted stock awards, net of forfeitures	0	378	(3)	(375)	0	0	0
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,708)	0	(109)	(676)	(923)	0	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	(8,333)	0	0	(1,696)	0	0	(6,637)
Noncontrolling interest payment	(900)	0	0	0	0	0	(900)
Other	(9)	1	0	(10)	0	0	0
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2013	1,399,081	211,786	(122)	1,297,949	(230,098)	106,205	13,361
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2013	1,424,378	212,327	(10)	1,259,348	(145,876)	88,441	10,148
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income	30,191	0	0	0	41,102	(11,226)	315
Dividends declared on common stock	(17,080)	0	0	(17,080)	0	0	0
Employee share-based compensation earned	3,130	0	0	3,130	0	0	0
Stock option exercises	8,676	964	0	7,712	0	0	0
Tax Benefits Related to Share-Based Awards	6,743	0	0	6,743	0	0	0
Restricted stock awards, net of forfeitures	0	344	0	(344)	0	0	0
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,814)	0	(106)	(589)	(1,119)	0	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	(15,000)	0	0	(7,441)	0	0	(7,559)
Noncontrolling interest payment	(135)	0	0	0	0	0	(135)
Retirement of treasury shares	0	(42)	(42)	0	0	0	0
Other	107	13	0	94	0	0	0
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2014	$ 1,439,196	$ 213,606	$ (74)	$ 1,251,573	$ (105,893)	$ 77,215	$ 2,769

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Net income	$ 41,391	$ 58,722
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(11,200)	(5,516)
Total comprehensive income	30,191	53,206
Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(315)	(1,098)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$ 29,876	$ 52,108

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Debt (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Debt [Abstract]

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

Debt

Debt as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014	$	95		$	85,256
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2015	136,465			136,465
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016	197,377			197,377
3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016	154			46,279
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017	295,000			295,000
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	250,000			250,000
6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019	200,000			200,000
7.0% Senior Notes due May 2019	250,000			250,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	200,000			200,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	150,000			150,000
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	425,000			425,000
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	200,000			200,000
Term Loan due July 2018	592,500			600,000
Bank credit facility due July 2018	140,000			30,000
Obligations under capital leases	192,528			189,697
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	4,672			4,752
Unamortized premiums and other, net	5,839			42,084
Total debt	3,239,630			3,301,910
Less:
Current maturities of debt, capital lease obligations, and mortgage notes	(104,284		)	(153,738		)
Current maturities of unamortized premiums and other, net	(1,421		)	(22,624		)
Total current maturities	(105,705		)	(176,362		)
Total long-term debt	$	3,133,925		$	3,125,548

Current maturities of debt at March 31, 2014 primarily comprise our capital leases and amounts due under our term loan. Our consolidated debt had a weighted average interest rate of 5.38% and 5.25% at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Approximately 72% and 76% of our total debt had a fixed interest rate at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Bank Credit Facility

The Company has a $500 million bank credit facility due July 2018 with a syndicate of banks, including a sublimit of $175 million for letters of credit.

As of March 31, 2014, we have $140.0 million outstanding under our Bank credit facility and $31.6 million of letters of credit. The bank credit facility provides us with flexibility for working capital, if needed, and is guaranteed by a majority of our domestic subsidiaries. The subsidiary guaranty is a guaranty of payment of the outstanding amount of the total lending commitment, including letters of credit. The bank credit facility contains certain financial covenants, including a minimum interest coverage ratio, a maximum leverage ratio, and certain dividend and share repurchase restrictions. We pay a quarterly fee on the unused commitment, which was 0.40% at March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2014, we have $328.4 million in borrowing capacity under the bank credit facility.

Debt Extinguishments and Reductions

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we made debt payments of $181.9 million, including the following scheduled payments and convertible debt payments:

• $86.3 million aggregate principal amount of our 3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014;

• $45.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016;

• $21.7 million aggregate unamortized premiums associated with our 3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014;

• $14.2 million aggregate unamortized premiums associated with our 3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016;

• $7.5 million aggregate principal amount of our Term Loan due July 2018; and

• $7.2 million in scheduled payments for our capital lease obligations.

We did not incur any gains or losses as a result of these transactions.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we paid an aggregate of $11.4 million, to repay our remaining 7.875% Debentures due February 2013 and our capital lease obligations.

Capital Leases

During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we acquired $10.7 million and $14.9 million, respectively, of primarily transportation equipment capital leases.

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Document and Entity Information Document	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 23, 2014
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Service Corporation International
Entity Central Index Key	0000089089
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		212,532,818

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Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Text Block]

Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value Estimates

The fair value estimates of the following financial instruments have been determined using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, and trade payables approximate the fair values of those instruments due to the short-term nature of the instruments. The fair values of receivables on preneed funeral and cemetery contracts are impracticable to estimate because of the lack of a trading market and the diverse number of individual contracts with varying terms.

The fair value of our debt instruments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014	$	121	$	106,939
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2015	143,179		144,653
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016	214,647		214,904
3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016	185		60,487
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017	331,285		333,259
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	288,438		288,875
6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019	210,000		210,000
7.0% Senior Notes due May 2019	266,250		270,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	196,000		192,610
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	173,625		173,625
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	434,563		431,588
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	216,500		215,750
Term Loan due July 2018	592,500		600,000
Bank credit facility due July 2018	140,000		30,000
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	4,672		4,752
Total fair value of debt instruments	$	3,211,965	$	3,277,442

The fair values of our long-term, fixed rate loans were estimated using market prices for those loans, and therefore they are classified within Level 1 of the Fair Value Measurements hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC. The bank credit agreement and the mortgage and other debt are classified within Level 3 of the Fair Value Measurements hierarchy. The fair values of these instruments have been estimated using discounted cash flow analysis based on our incremental borrowing rate for similar borrowing arrangements. A significant increase (decrease) in the inputs results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments.

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Divestiture-Related Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]
(Losses) gains on divestitures, net	$ 1,927	$ (891)
Impairment losses	(4,739)	(78)
Gains Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	$ (2,812)	$ (969)

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 148,619	$ 144,873
Receivables, net	105,813	105,899
Deferred tax assets	39,476	39,074
Inventories, net	34,508	34,668
Current assets held for sale	5,740	4,569
Other	41,848	65,524
Total current assets	376,004	394,607
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	1,871,539	1,870,874
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,301,633	2,300,911
Cemetery property, at cost	1,721,446	1,747,125
Property and equipment, net	1,887,019	1,920,868
Non-current assets held for sale	795,001	746,474
Goodwill, net	1,978,621	1,968,235
Deferred charges and other assets	631,759	632,088
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,342,589	1,347,622
Total assets	12,905,611	12,928,804
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	477,368	486,648
Current maturities of long-term debt	105,705	176,362
Current liabilities held for sale	4,850	3,183
Income taxes	3,301	6,391
Total current liabilities	591,224	672,584
Long-term debt	3,133,925	3,125,548
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	672,631	686,160
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	986,538	974,757
Deferred tax liability	586,991	581,440
Non-current liabilities held for sale	504,423	437,084
Other liabilities	404,693	430,393
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	3,245,629	3,250,586
Care trusts’ corpus	1,340,361	1,345,874
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, $1 per share par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 213,605,552 and 212,326,642 shares issued, respectively, and 213,531,666 and 212,316,642 shares outstanding, respectively	213,532	212,317
Capital in excess of par value	1,251,573	1,259,348
Accumulated deficit	(105,893)	(145,876)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	77,215	88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,436,427	1,414,230
Noncontrolling interests	2,769	10,148
Total equity	1,439,196	1,424,378
Total liabilities and equity	12,905,611	12,928,804
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Current assets:
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,342,589	1,347,622
Current liabilities:
Care trusts’ corpus	$ 1,340,361	$ 1,345,874

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Preneed Funeral Activities (Notes) (Funeral [Member])

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Funeral [Member]

Preneed Funeral Activities Text Block

Preneed Funeral Activities

Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments represent trust investments, including investment earnings, and customer receivables, net of unearned finance charges, related to unperformed, price-guaranteed preneed funeral contracts. Our funeral merchandise and service trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. Our cemetery trust investments detailed in Notes 5 and 6 are also accounted for as variable interest entities. When we receive payments from the customer, we deposit the amount required by law into the trust and reclassify the corresponding amount from Deferred preneed funeral revenues into Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. Amounts are withdrawn from the trusts after the contract obligations are performed. Cash flows from preneed funeral contracts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments are reduced by the trust investment earnings (realized and unrealized) that we have been allowed to withdraw in certain states prior to maturity. These earnings are recorded in Deferred preneed funeral revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered.

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our preneed funeral merchandise and service trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	27,923		$	22,199
Withdrawals	43,737			32,705
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	61,485			60,979
Sales of available-for-sale securities	64,051			96,704
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	16,101			11,371
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(1,474		)	(1,721		)

The components of Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,415,235		$	1,422,942
Cash and cash equivalents	132,471			128,216
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(159,808		)	(163,436		)
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	279,236			280,969
Trust investments	1,667,134			1,668,691
Receivables from customers	255,606			254,294
Unearned finance charge	(6,826		)	(6,772		)
	1,915,914			1,916,213
Allowance for cancellation	(44,375		)	(45,339		)
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	$	1,871,539		$	1,870,874

The cost and fair values associated with our funeral merchandise and service trust investments recorded at fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below. Cost reflects the investment (net of redemptions) of control holders in common trust funds, mutual funds, and private equity investments. Fair value represents the market value of the underlying securities held by the common trust funds, mutual funds at published values, and the estimated fair value of private equity investments (including debt as well as the estimated fair value related to the contract holder’s equity in majority-owned real estate investments).

	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	99,924	$	1,435	$	(4,221	)	$	97,138
Canadian government	2	94,793		151		(1,066		)	93,878
Corporate	2	56,892		3,965		(361		)	60,496
Residential mortgage-backed	2	2,424		26		(33		)	2,417
Asset-backed	2	3,358		65		—			3,423
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	29,322		1,921		(45		)	31,198
Common stock:
United States	1	369,338		75,887		(6,397		)	438,828
Canada	1	25,182		4,721		(970		)	28,933
Other international	1	34,811		4,904		(480		)	39,235
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	262,636		23,887		(2,132		)	284,391
Fixed income	1	313,960		5,785		(15,800		)	303,945
Private equity	3	32,568		3,069		(8,123		)	27,514
Other	3	3,455		384		—			3,839
Trust investments		$	1,328,663	$	126,200	$	(39,628	)	$	1,415,235

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	110,511	$	1,299	$	(5,599	)	$	106,211
Canadian government	2	100,263		81		(1,113		)	99,231
Corporate	2	64,042		3,515		(691		)	66,866
Residential mortgage-backed	2	2,408		23		(33		)	2,398
Asset-backed	2	3,366		—		(10		)	3,356
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	30,107		754		(235		)	30,626
Common stock:
United States	1	364,721		77,963		(2,928		)	439,756
Canada	1	27,634		4,346		(1,216		)	30,764
Other international	1	35,519		4,986		(199		)	40,306
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	257,256		22,530		(2,303		)	277,483
Fixed income	1	313,606		3,228		(19,577		)	297,257
Private equity	3	32,909		2,702		(8,726		)	26,885
Other	3	1,545		291		(33		)	1,803
Trust investments		$	1,343,887	$	121,718	$	(42,663	)	$	1,422,942

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure (FVM&D) Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments. Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

As of March 31, 2014, our unfunded commitment for our private equity and other investments was $7.5 million which, if called, would be funded by the assets of the trusts. Our private equity and other investments include several funds that invest in limited partnerships, distressed debt, real estate, and mezzanine financing. These investments can never be redeemed by the funds. Instead, the nature of the investments in this category is that the distributions are received through the liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. We estimate that the underlying assets will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years.

The change in our market-based funeral merchandise and service trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014					March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other		Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	26,885		$	1,803	$	17,879		$	744
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	(470		)	2,036		10,850			509
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(8		)	—		(5		)	(1		)
Purchases	1,887			—		—			—
Contributions	467			—		637			—
Distributions	(1,247		)	—		(3,630		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	27,514		$	3,839	$	25,731		$	1,252

(1) All unrealized gains (losses) recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

(2) All losses recognized in Other income (expense), net for our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities, excluding mutual funds, at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	132,873
Due in one to five years	54,732
Due in five to ten years	40,276
Thereafter	29,471
	$	257,352

Earnings from all our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are recognized in funeral revenues when a service is performed or merchandise is delivered. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. In addition, we are entitled to retain, in certain jurisdictions, a portion of collected customer payments when a customer cancels a preneed contract; these amounts are also recognized in current revenues. Recognized trust fund income (realized and unrealized) related to these trust investments were $16.1 million and $12.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded a $0.3 millionand a $0.2 million impairment charge, respectively, for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments.

We have determined that the remaining unrealized losses in our funeral merchandise and service trust investments are considered temporary in nature, as the unrealized losses were due to temporary fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. The investments are diversified across multiple industry segments using a balanced allocation strategy to minimize long-term risk. We believe that none of the remaining securities are other-than-temporarily impaired based on our analysis of the investments. Our analysis included a review of the portfolio holdings and discussions with the individual money managers as to the sector exposures, credit ratings and the severity and duration of the unrealized losses. Our funeral merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values, and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, are shown in the following tables:

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	22,414	$	(2,141	)	$	19,008	$	(2,080	)	$	41,422	$	(4,221	)
Canadian government	4,831		(44		)	16,869		(1,022		)	21,700		(1,066		)
Corporate	17,003		(288		)	1,182		(73		)	18,185		(361		)
Residential mortgage-backed	1,250		(24		)	138		(9		)	1,388		(33		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	1,395		(45		)	—		—			1,395		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	87,310		(5,886		)	2,539		(511		)	89,849		(6,397		)
Canada	7,257		(349		)	1,720		(621		)	8,977		(970		)
Other international	4,373		(450		)	307		(30		)	4,680		(480		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	19,712		(400		)	12,319		(1,732		)	32,031		(2,132		)
Fixed income	52,303		(1,978		)	54,279		(13,822		)	106,582		(15,800		)
Private equity	—		—			13,265		(8,123		)	13,265		(8,123		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	217,848	$	(11,605	)	$	121,626	$	(28,023	)	$	339,474	$	(39,628	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	28,693	$	(3,595	)	$	19,351	$	(2,004	)	$	48,044	$	(5,599	)
Canadian government	9,546		(120		)	18,981		(993		)	28,527		(1,113		)
Corporate	21,357		(346		)	5,654		(345		)	27,011		(691		)
Residential mortgage-backed	1,381		(25		)	172		(8		)	1,553		(33		)
Asset-backed	3,275		(10		)	—		—			3,275		(10		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,028		(235		)	—		—			14,028		(235		)
Common stock:
United States	46,544		(2,153		)	3,327		(775		)	49,871		(2,928		)
Canada	2,433		(576		)	1,992		(641		)	4,425		(1,217		)
Other international	3,396		(138		)	369		(60		)	3,765		(198		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	16,206		(337		)	12,456		(1,966		)	28,662		(2,303		)
Fixed income	143,846		(4,984		)	38,217		(14,593		)	182,063		(19,577		)
Private equity	—		—			13,002		(8,726		)	13,002		(8,726		)
Other	—		—			527		(33		)	527		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	290,705	$	(12,519	)	$	114,048	$	(30,144	)	$	404,753	$	(42,663	)

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Recently Issued Accounting Standards [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Table Text Block]

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Discontinued Operations

In April 2014, the FASB amended the Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant and Equipment Topics of the ASC to change the requirement for reporting discontinued operations. Under the new guidance, a disposal of a component of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. Fewer disposals are expected to qualify as discontinued operations under the new guidance. It also requires the disclosure of pretax income of disposals that do not qualify as discontinued operations. The new guidance is effective for us with disposals that occur after January 1, 2015.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Commitments and Contingencies

Insurance Loss Reserves

We purchase comprehensive general liability, morticians’ and cemetery professional liability, automobile liability, and workers’ compensation insurance coverage structured with high deductibles. The high-deductible insurance program means we are primarily self-insured for claims and associated costs and losses covered by these policies. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we have self-insurance reserves of $80.0 million and $78.0 million, respectively.

Litigation

We are a party to various litigation matters, investigations, and proceedings. For each of our outstanding legal matters, we evaluate the merits of the case, our exposure to the matter, possible legal or settlement strategies, and the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome. We intend to vigorously defend ourselves in the lawsuits described herein; however, if we determine that an unfavorable outcome is probable and can be reasonably estimated, we establish the necessary accruals. We hold certain insurance policies that may reduce cash outflows with respect to an adverse outcome of certain of these litigation matters. We accrue such insurance recoveries when they become probable of being paid and can be reasonably estimated.

Burial Practices Claims. We are named as a defendant in various lawsuits alleging improper burial practices at certain of our cemetery locations. These lawsuits include but are not limited to the Scott and Schwartz lawsuits described in the following paragraphs.

Robert Scott, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. Eden Memorial Park, et al. (previously styled F. Charles Sands, et al. v. Eden Memorial Park, et al.) Case No. BC421528; in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles - Central District. This case was filed in September 2009 against SCI and certain subsidiaries regarding our Eden Memorial Park cemetery in Mission Hills, California. The plaintiff seeks compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages as well as the appointment of a receiver to oversee cemetery operations. The plaintiff alleges the cemetery engaged in wrongful burial practices and did not disclose them to customers. After a hearing in February 2012, the court in May 2012 issued an order certifying classes of cemetery plot owners and their families based on alleged Company misrepresentation, concealment or nondisclosure of material facts regarding alleged improper burial practices pertaining to the period from February 1985 to September 2009. Trial proceedings commenced in January 2014. On February 27, 2014, the Company announced a settlement of the lawsuit and the trial court preliminarily approved the settlement agreement. All claims under the lawsuit will be released if final court approval of the settlement is obtained. The terms of the settlement call for the establishment of a settlement fund of $35,250,000, to which various SCI insurance carriers will contribute $25,250,000 and the Company will contribute the balance. Other provisions call for, among other things, the Company to contribute up to $250,000 toward claims administration costs and take certain actions in performing future burials. In addition, the Company reserves the right to cancel the settlement in the event a certain number of class members opt out of the settlement. The trial court is scheduled to conduct a hearing on May 15, 2014 to consider the final approval of the settlement. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, for the payment of any damages.

Barbara Schwartz & Carol Neitlich, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc., et al.; Case No. 2012CA015954, In the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial District in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. This lawsuit has been removed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and is now Case No. 9:12-CV-80180-DMM. This case was filed by counsel for plaintiffs in the Sands case regarding our Star of David Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Funeral Chapel and Bailey Memorial Gardens located in North Lauderdale, Florida. Plaintiffs seek to certify a class of cemetery plot owners and their families. Plaintiffs allege the cemetery engaged in wrongful burial practices and did not disclose them to customers. Plaintiffs seek compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages as well as the appointment of a receiver to oversee the cemetery operations. On our motion, the court dismissed the plaintiffs' claims in March 2013. The plaintiffs appealed the dismissal. On February 5, 2014, the 11^th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, for the payment of any damages.

Wage and Hour Claims. We are named a defendant in various lawsuits alleging violations of federal and state laws regulating wage and hour overtime pay, including but not limited to the Bryant and Helm lawsuits described below.

Bryant, et al. v. Service Corporation International, et al.; Case No. RG-07359593; and Helm, et al. v. AWGI & SCI; Case No. RG-07359602; in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda. These cases were filed on December 5, 2007. These cases were removed to federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco/Oakland Division. The Bryant case is now Case No. 3:08-CV-01190-SI and the Helm case is now Case No. C 08-01184-SI. On December 29, 2009, the court in the Helm case denied the plaintiffs’ motion to certify the case as a class action. The plaintiffs modified and refiled their motion for certification. On March 9, 2011, the court denied plaintiffs’ renewed motions to certify a class in both of the Bryant and Helm cases and dismissed the Helm case. The Helm plaintiff is appealing the court's order decertifying her claims. The individual claims in the Bryant case are still pending. The plaintiffs have also (i) filed additional lawsuits with similar allegations seeking class certification of state law claims in different states, and (ii) made a large number of demands for arbitration. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, in these lawsuits.

Claims Regarding Acquisition of Stewart Enterprises. We are named as a defendant in the following lawsuit.

Karen Moulton, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Stewart Enterprises, Inc., Service Corporation International and others ; Case No. 2013-5636; in the Civil District Court Parish of New Orleans. This case was filed as a class action in June 2013 against SCI and our subsidiary in connection with SCI's acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. The plaintiffs allege that SCI aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties by Stewart Enterprises and its board of directors in negotiating the combination of Stewart Enterprises with a subsidiary of SCI. The plaintiffs seek damages concerning the combination. We have filed exceptions to the plaintiffs’ complaint that are set for oral hearing on June 12, 2014. We cannot quantify our ultimate liability, if any, for the payment of damages.

The ultimate outcome of the matters described above cannot be determined at this time. We intend to vigorously defend all of the above lawsuits; however, an adverse decision in one or more of such matters could have a material effect on us, our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

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Share-Based Compensation (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

Share-Based Compensation

Stock Benefit Plans

We utilize the Black-Scholes option valuation model for estimating the fair value of our stock options. This model uses a range of assumptions related to volatility, the risk-free interest rate, the expected life, and the dividend yield. The fair values of our stock options are calculated using the following weighted average assumptions for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	Three Months Ended
Assumptions	March 31, 2014
Dividend yield	1.8	%
Expected volatility	27.1	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.1	%
Expected holding period (in years)	4.0

Stock Options

The following table sets forth stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	Options		Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2013	13,319,750		$	9.84
Granted	2,495,850		$	17.41
Exercised	(964,403	)	$	8.82
Outstanding at March 31, 2014	14,851,197		$	11.18
Exercisable at March 31, 2014	10,339,379		$	9.14

As of March 31, 2014, the unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options of $14.6 million is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.

Restricted Shares

Restricted share activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was as follows:

	Restricted shares		Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted shares at December 31, 2013	1,183,229		$	11.81
Granted	344,570		$	17.41
Vested	(187,549	)	$	11.44
Nonvested restricted shares at March 31, 2014	1,340,250		$	13.30

As of March 31, 2014, the unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted shares of $10.8 million is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.

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Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	$ 41,391	$ 58,722
Other comprehensive income	(11,515)	(6,614)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	29,876	52,108
Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	41,102	57,620
Other comprehensive income	(11,226)	(5,512)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	29,876	52,108
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	12,452
Other comprehensive income	0
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	12,452
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	19,424
Other comprehensive income	0
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	19,424
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	55,108	78,522
Other comprehensive income	(11,226)	(5,512)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	43,882	73,010
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	(86,695)	(77,420)
Other comprehensive income	10,937	4,410
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$ (75,758)	$ (73,010)

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Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts' Corpus [Abstract]

Deferred Preneed Funeral And Cemetery Receipts Held In Trust And Care Trusts Corpus Text Block

Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust and Care Trusts’ Corpus

Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receipts Held in Trust

We consolidate the merchandise and service trusts associated with our preneed funeral and cemetery activities in accordance with the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. Although the guidance requires the consolidation of the merchandise and service trusts, it does not change the legal relationships among the trusts, us, or our customers. The customers are the legal beneficiaries of these merchandise and service trusts, and therefore their interests in these trusts represent a liability to us.

The components of Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	March 31, 2014									December 31, 2013
	Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total			Preneed Funeral			Preneed Cemetery			Total
	(In thousands)									(In thousands)
Trust investments	$	1,667,134		$	1,583,172		$	3,250,306		$	1,668,691		$	1,584,701		$	3,253,392
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(1,934		)	(2,743		)	(4,677		)	(1,108		)	(1,698		)	(2,806		)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	$	1,665,200		$	1,580,429		$	3,245,629		$	1,667,583		$	1,583,003		$	3,250,586

Care Trusts’ Corpus

The Care trusts’ corpus reflected in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet represents the cemetery perpetual care trusts, including the related accrued expenses.

The components of Care trusts’ corpus in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below.

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,342,589		$	1,347,622
Accrued trust operating payables and other	(2,228		)	(1,748		)
Care trusts’ corpus	$	1,340,361		$	1,345,874

Other Income (Expense), Net

The components of Other income (expense), net in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 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, 2014
	Funeral Trusts			Cemetery Trusts			Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts			Other, Net		Total
				(In thousands)
Realized gains	$	16,101		$	25,532		$	5,045		$	—	$	46,678
Realized losses	(1,474		)	(2,299		)	(337		)	—		(4,110		)
Impairment charges	(251		)	(339		)	(40		)	—		(630		)
Interest, dividend, and other ordinary income	5,574			2,495			9,586			—		17,655
Trust expenses and income taxes	(4,467		)	(4,815		)	(1,547		)	—		(10,829		)
Net trust investment income	15,483			20,574			12,707			—		48,764
Reclassification to deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and care trusts’ corpus	(15,483		)	(20,574		)	(12,707		)	—		(48,764		)
Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			1,534		1,534
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	1,534	$	1,534

	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 (expense), net	—			—			—			(984		)	(984		)
Total other income, net	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(984	)	$	(984	)

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) (Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 1,271,129	$ 1,266,716
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	116,055	101,437
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(13,571)	(15,614)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	1,373,613	1,352,539
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	1,675	1,588
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	18	9
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(11)	(14)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	1,682	1,583
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	29,208	28,487
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	346	301
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(204)	(459)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	29,350	28,329
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	41,561	43,196
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	733	312
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(309)	(263)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	41,985	43,245
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	4,280	4,258
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	34	14
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(15)	(19)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	4,299	4,253
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	3,001	3,006
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	67	5
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(4)	(11)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	3,064	3,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Preferred Stock securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	26,495	25,952
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,431	192
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(62)	(252)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	27,864	25,892
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | US Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	232,619	231,156
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	54,271	53,782
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(2,301)	(2,087)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	284,589	282,851
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Canada Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	8,446	8,846
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	2,389	2,222
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(579)	(623)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	10,256	10,445
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Other International Common Stock Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	21,341	20,676
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,863	1,319
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(166)	(167)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	23,038	21,828
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	40,452	41,282
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	7,385	5,693
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(27)	(35)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	47,810	46,940
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	822,406	819,439
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	45,882	35,963
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,130)	(2,598)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	867,158	852,804
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Private Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	29,074	28,309
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	485	472
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(8,753)	(9,002)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	20,806	19,779
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Investments [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	10,571	10,521
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,151	1,153
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(10)	(84)
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value	$ 11,712	$ 11,590

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Preneed Cemetery Activities (Notes) (Cemetery [Member])

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Cemetery [Member]

Preneed Cemetery Activities Text Block

Preneed Cemetery Activities

Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments represent trust investments, including investment earnings, and customer receivables, net of unearned finance charges, for contracts sold in advance of when the property interment rights, merchandise, or services are needed. Our cemetery merchandise and service trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. The trust investments detailed in Notes 4 and 6 are also accounted for as variable interest entities. When we receive payments from the customer, we deposit the amount required by law into the trust and reclassify the corresponding amount from Deferred preneed cemetery revenues into Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. Amounts are withdrawn from the trusts when the contract obligations are performed. Cash flows from preneed cemetery contracts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments are reduced by the trust investment earnings (realized and unrealized) that we have been allowed to withdraw in certain states prior to maturity. These earnings are recorded in Deferred preneed cemetery revenues until the service is performed or the merchandise is delivered.

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our preneed cemetery merchandise and service trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	28,271		$	25,268
Withdrawals	34,348			29,881
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	98,758			105,722
Sales of available-for-sale securities	92,317			125,743
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	25,532			16,576
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(2,299		)	(2,170		)

The components of Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,551,178		$	1,553,719
Cash and cash equivalents	144,265			138,459
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(112,275		)	(107,481		)
Insurance-backed fixed income securities	4			4
Trust investments	1,583,172			1,584,701
Receivables from customers	799,992			800,005
Unearned finance charges	(28,163		)	(27,873		)
	2,355,001			2,356,833
Allowance for cancellation	(53,368		)	(55,922		)
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	$	2,301,633		$	2,300,911

The cost and fair values associated with our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments recorded at fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below. Cost reflects the investment (net of redemptions) of control holders in common trust funds, mutual funds, and private equity investments. Fair value represents the market value of the underlying securities held by the common trust funds, mutual funds at published values, and the estimated fair value of private equity investments.

	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	95,784	$	1,889	$	(6,555	)	$	91,118
Canadian government	2	17,872		197		(115		)	17,954
Corporate	2	45,148		6,188		(401		)	50,935
Residential mortgage-backed	2	395		3		(3		)	395
Asset-backed	2	3,317		81		—			3,398
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	14,871		1,216		(45		)	16,042
Common stock:
United States	1	434,792		138,660		(5,770		)	567,682
Canada	1	14,972		4,235		(891		)	18,316
Other international	1	42,993		9,336		(779		)	51,550
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	333,407		51,731		(1,485		)	383,653
Fixed income	1	341,016		7,690		(27,343		)	321,363
Private equity	3	28,281		3,924		(4,686		)	27,519
Other	3	1,043		216		(6		)	1,253
Trust investments		$	1,373,891	$	225,366	$	(48,079	)	$	1,551,178

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	113,621	$	1,714	$	(8,876	)	$	106,459
Canadian government	2	17,073		170		(261		)	16,982
Corporate	2	48,970		5,262		(646		)	53,586
Residential mortgage-backed	2	408		2		(2		)	408
Asset-backed	2	3,346		—		(13		)	3,333
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	16,708		1,106		(123		)	17,691
Common stock:
United States	1	425,246		147,258		(3,231		)	569,273
Canada	1	15,368		4,063		(935		)	18,496
Other international	1	44,184		10,079		(200		)	54,063
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	327,084		49,428		(1,704		)	374,808
Fixed income	1	338,944		5,236		(33,649		)	310,531
Private equity	3	28,625		3,372		(5,153		)	26,844
Other	3	1,078		200		(33		)	1,245
Trust investments		$	1,380,655	$	227,890	$	(54,826	)	$	1,553,719

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments. Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

As of March 31, 2014, our unfunded commitment for our private equity and other investments was $7.8 million which, if called, would be funded by the assets of the trusts. Our private equity and other investments include several funds that invest in limited partnerships, distressed debt, real estate, and mezzanine financing. These investments can never be redeemed by the funds. Instead, the nature of the investments in this category is that the distributions are received through the liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. We estimate that the underlying assets will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years.

The change in our market-based cemetery merchandise and service trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014						March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other			Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	26,844		$	1,245		$	17,687		$	450
Net unrealized gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	1,487			9			11,400			587
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(8		)	(1		)	(7		)	(2		)
Contributions	499			—			662			—
Distributions	(1,303		)	—			(3,785		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	27,519		$	1,253		$	25,957		$	1,035

(1) All unrealized gains (losses) recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Accumulated other comprehensive income to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

(2) All losses recognized in Other income (expense), net for our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are attributable to our preneed customers and are offset by a corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net to Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust.

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities, excluding mutual funds, at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	8,842
Due in one to five years	71,928
Due in five to ten years	36,756
Thereafter	46,274
	$	163,800

Earnings from all our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are recognized in current cemetery revenues when a service is performed or merchandise is delivered. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. In addition, we are entitled to retain, in certain jurisdictions, a portion of collected customer payments when a customer cancels a preneed contract; these amounts are also recognized in current revenues. Recognized trust fund income (realized and unrealized) related to these trust investments were $11.5 million and $9.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust. See Note 7 for further information related to our Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded a $0.3 million and a $0.4 million impairment charge, respectively, for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments.

We have determined that the remaining unrealized losses in our cemetery merchandise and service trust investments are considered temporary in nature, as the unrealized losses were due to temporary fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. The investments are diversified across multiple industry segments using a balanced allocation strategy to minimize long-term risk. We believe that none of the remaining securities are other-than-temporarily impaired based on our analysis of the investments. Our analysis included a review of the portfolio holdings and discussions with the individual money managers as to the sector exposures, credit ratings, and the severity and duration of the unrealized losses. Our cemetery merchandise and service trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses as of March 31, 2014 are shown in the following tables:

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	38,848	$	(4,286	)	$	19,559	$	(2,269	)	58,407		(6,555		)
Canadian government	11,259		(82		)	1,113		(33		)	12,372		(115		)
Corporate	10,154		(271		)	2,718		(130		)	12,872		(401		)
Residential mortgage-backed	169		(3		)	4		—			173		(3		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2,260		(45		)	—		—			2,260		(45		)
Common stock:
United States	82,419		(5,575		)	2,909		(195		)	85,328		(5,770		)
Canada	1,843		(123		)	2,395		(768		)	4,238		(891		)
Other international	8,190		(699		)	625		(80		)	8,815		(779		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	2,199		(27		)	14,643		(1,458		)	16,842		(1,485		)
Fixed income	84,375		(2,637		)	69,182		(24,706		)	153,557		(27,343		)
Private equity	—		—			6,707		(4,686		)	6,707		(4,686		)
Other	—		—			279		(6		)	279		(6		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	241,716	$	(13,748	)	$	120,134	$	(34,331	)	$	361,850	$	(48,079	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	45,120	$	(6,040	)	$	25,043	$	(2,836	)	$	70,163	$	(8,876	)
Canadian government	9,424		(120		)	3,066		(141		)	12,490		(261		)
Corporate	15,050		(424		)	3,073		(222		)	18,123		(646		)
Residential mortgage-backed	145		(2		)	2		—			147		(2		)
Asset-backed	3,257		(13		)	—		—			3,257		(13		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	5,604		(123		)	—		—			5,604		(123		)
Common stock:
United States	46,317		(2,648		)	3,489		(583		)	49,806		(3,231		)
Canada	1,569		(502		)	1,935		(433		)	3,504		(935		)
Other international	4,344		(124		)	702		(76		)	5,046		(200		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	3,858		(54		)	14,477		(1,650		)	18,335		(1,704		)
Fixed income	134,669		(5,527		)	64,009		(28,122		)	198,678		(33,649		)
Private equity	—		—			6,589		(5,153		)	6,589		(5,153		)
Other	—		—			282		(33		)	282		(33		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	269,357	$	(15,577	)	$	122,667	$	(39,249	)	$	392,024	$	(54,826	)

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts (Notes) (Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member])

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts

We are required by state and provincial law to pay into cemetery perpetual care trusts a portion of the proceeds from the sale of cemetery property interment rights. Our cemetery perpetual care trusts are variable interest entities as defined in the Consolidation Topic of the ASC. In accordance with this guidance, we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary of these trusts, as we absorb a majority of the losses and returns associated with these trusts. The merchandise and service trust investments detailed in Notes 4 and 5 are also accounted for as variable interest entities. We consolidate our cemetery perpetual care trust investments with a corresponding amount recorded as Care trusts’ corpus. Cash flows from cemetery perpetual care trusts are presented as operating cash flows in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

The table below sets forth certain investment-related activities associated with our cemetery perpetual care trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deposits	$	11,837		$	8,228
Withdrawals	5,885			9,569
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	38,895			35,052
Sales of available-for-sale securities	30,072			27,490
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	5,045			3,782
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(337		)	(322		)

The components of Cemetery perpetual care trust investments in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Trust investments, at fair value	$	1,373,613		$	1,352,539
Cash and cash equivalents	81,773			78,509
Assets associated with businesses held for sale	(112,797		)	(83,426		)
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	$	1,342,589		$	1,347,622

The cost and fair values associated with our cemetery perpetual care trust investments recorded at fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are detailed below. Cost reflects the investment (net of redemptions) of control holders in common trust funds, mutual funds, and private equity investments. Fair value represents the value of the underlying securities or cash held by the common trust funds, mutual funds at published values, and the estimated fair value of private equity investments.

	March 31, 2014
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	1,675	$	18	$	(11	)	$	1,682
Canadian government	2	29,208		346		(204		)	29,350
Corporate	2	41,561		733		(309		)	41,985
Residential mortgage-backed	2	4,280		34		(15		)	4,299
Asset-backed	2	3,001		67		(4		)	3,064
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	26,495		1,431		(62		)	27,864
Common stock:
United States	1	232,619		54,271		(2,301		)	284,589
Canada	1	8,446		2,389		(579		)	10,256
Other international	1	21,341		1,863		(166		)	23,038
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	40,452		7,385		(27		)	47,810
Fixed income	1	822,406		45,882		(1,130		)	867,158
Private equity	3	29,074		485		(8,753		)	20,806
Other	3	10,571		1,151		(10		)	11,712
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		$	1,271,129	$	116,055	$	(13,571	)	$	1,373,613

	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
				(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	2	$	1,588	$	9	$	(14	)	$	1,583
Canadian government	2	28,487		301		(459		)	28,329
Corporate	2	43,196		312		(263		)	43,245
Residential mortgage-backed	2	4,258		14		(19		)	4,253
Asset-backed	2	3,006		5		(11		)	3,000
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	2	25,952		192		(252		)	25,892
Common stock:
United States	1	231,156		53,782		(2,087		)	282,851
Canada	1	8,846		2,222		(623		)	10,445
Other international	1	20,676		1,319		(167		)	21,828
Mutual funds:
Equity	1	41,282		5,693		(35		)	46,940
Fixed income	1	819,439		35,963		(2,598		)	852,804
Private equity	3	28,309		472		(9,002		)	19,779
Other	3	10,521		1,153		(84		)	11,590
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments		$	1,266,716	$	101,437	$	(15,614	)	$	1,352,539

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities held by the common trust funds and mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

Where quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, fair values are estimated by using either quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or an income approach fair value model with observable inputs that include a combination of interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds, rating, and tax-exempt status. These funds are classified as Level 2 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

The valuation of private equity and other alternative investments requires management judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices, inherent lack of liquidity, and the long-term nature of such assets. The fair value of these investments is estimated based on the market value of the underlying real estate and private equity investments. The underlying real estate value is determined using the most recent available appraisals. Private equity instruments are valued based on reported net asset values discounted by 0% to 20% for risk and 0% to 10% for liquidity. A significant increase (decrease) in the discounts results in a directionally opposite change in the fair value of the instruments.Valuation policies and procedures are determined by our Trust Services department, which reports to our Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, valuations are reviewed by our investment committee quarterly. These funds are classified as Level 3 investments pursuant to the three-level valuation hierarchy as required by the FVM&D Topic of the ASC.

As of March 31, 2014, our unfunded commitment for our private equity and other investments was $0.7 million which, if called, would be funded by the assets of the trusts. Our private equity and other investments include several funds that invest in limited partnerships, distressed debt, real estate, and mezzanine financing. These investments can never be redeemed by the funds. Instead, the nature of the investments in this category is that the distributions are received through the liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. We estimate that the underlying assets will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years.

The change in our market-based cemetery perpetual care trust investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014						March 31, 2013
	Private Equity			Other			Private Equity			Other
Fair value, beginning balance	$	19,779		$	11,590		$	11,122		$	7,659
Net unrealized gains included in Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)	727			128			6,069			2,729
Net realized losses included in Other income (expense), net(2)	(12		)	(6		)	(82		)	(46		)
Sales	(17		)	—			—			—
Contributions	694			—			1			—
Distributions	(365		)	—			(656		)	—
Fair value, ending balance	$	20,806		$	11,712		$	16,454		$	10,342

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

Maturity dates of our fixed income securities range from 2014 to 2043. Maturities of fixed income securities at March 31, 2014 are estimated as follows:

	Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	15,236
Due in one to five years	35,515
Due in five to ten years	24,753
Thereafter	4,876
	$	80,380

Distributable earnings from these cemetery perpetual care trust investments are recognized in current cemetery revenues to the extent we incur qualifying cemetery maintenance costs. Fees charged by our wholly-owned registered investment advisor are also included in current revenues in the period in which they are earned. Recognized trust fund income related to these trust investments were $13.3 million and $10.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We assess our trust investments for other-than-temporary declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Impairment charges resulting from this assessment are recognized as investment losses in Other income (expense), net and a decrease to Cemetery perpetual care trust investments. These investment losses, if any, are offset by the corresponding reclassification in Other income (expense), net, which reduces Care trusts’ corpus. See Note 7 for further information related to our Care trusts’ corpus. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 there was no impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded a $0.1 million impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value related to unrealized losses on certain investments.

We have determined that the remaining unrealized losses in our cemetery perpetual care trust investments are considered temporary in nature, as the unrealized losses were due to temporary fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. The investments are diversified across multiple industry segments using a balanced allocation strategy to minimize long-term risk. We believe that none of the remaining securities are other-than-temporarily impaired based on our analysis of the investments. Our analysis included a review of the portfolio holdings, and discussions with the individual money managers as to the sector exposures, credit ratings, and the severity and duration of the unrealized losses. Our cemetery perpetual care trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair values and the duration of unrealized losses, are shown in the following tables.

	March 31, 2014
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,247	$	(11	)	$	2	$	—		$	1,249	$	(11	)
Canadian government	18,422		(146		)	1,818		(58		)	20,240		(204		)
Corporate	15,687		(148		)	3,204		(161		)	18,891		(309		)
Residential mortgage-backed	685		(14		)	11		(1		)	696		(15		)
Asset-backed	391		(4		)	15		—			406		(4		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	3,362		(57		)	46		(5		)	3,408		(62		)
Common stock:
United States	25,383		(1,519		)	2,755		(782		)	28,138		(2,301		)
Canada	1,233		(35		)	1,664		(544		)	2,897		(579		)
Other international	1,847		(21		)	1,020		(145		)	2,867		(166		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	397		(15		)	118		(12		)	515		(27		)
Fixed income	49,171		(893		)	9,632		(237		)	58,803		(1,130		)
Private equity	—		—			20,256		(8,753		)	20,256		(8,753		)
Other	14		(10		)	9,891		—			9,905		(10		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	117,839	$	(2,873	)	$	50,432	$	(10,698	)	$	168,271	$	(13,571	)

	December 31, 2013
	In Loss Position Less Than 12 Months					In Loss Position Greater Than 12 Months					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
						(In thousands)
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,339	$	(14	)	$	20	$	—		$	1,359	$	(14	)
Canadian government	15,777		(214		)	5,131		(245		)	20,908		(459		)
Corporate	22,534		(129		)	3,299		(134		)	25,833		(263		)
Residential mortgage-backed	2,960		(18		)	10		(1		)	2,970		(19		)
Asset-backed	2,835		(10		)	15		(1		)	2,850		(11		)
Equity securities:
Preferred stock	14,650		(245		)	44		(7		)	14,694		(252		)
Common stock:
United States	23,825		(1,561		)	3,254		(526		)	27,079		(2,087		)
Canada	667		(129		)	1,794		(494		)	2,461		(623		)
Other international	1,540		(54		)	525		(113		)	2,065		(167		)
Mutual funds:
Equity	391		(14		)	163		(21		)	554		(35		)
Fixed income	181,701		(2,090		)	28,507		(508		)	210,208		(2,598		)
Private equity	—		—			19,242		(9,002		)	19,242		(9,002		)
Other	—		—			9,738		(84		)	9,738		(84		)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	268,219	$	(4,478	)	$	71,742	$	(11,136	)	$	339,961	$	(15,614	)

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Income Taxes (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Income Taxes

Income tax expense during interim periods is based on our estimated annual effective income tax rate plus any discrete items which are recorded in the period in which they occur. Discrete items include, among others, such events as changes in estimates due to the finalization of tax returns, tax audit settlements, expiration of statute of limitations, and increases or decreases in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. Our effective tax rate was 35.4% and 37.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is primarily due to the benefits associated with the Stewart acquisition coupled with state legislative changes partially offset by an increase in our liability related to unrecognized tax benefits. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2014 is above the 35% federal statutory tax rate due to state tax expense which is partially offset by state legislative changes and foreign earnings taxed at lower rates.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

As of March 31, 2014, the gross amount of our unrecognized tax benefits was $136.9 million and the gross amount of our accrued interest was $45.3 million. Additional interest expense of $0.7 million was accrued.

A number of years may elapse before particular tax matters, for which we have unrecognized tax benefits, are settled. While we have effectively concluded our 2003 through 2005 tax years with respect to our affiliate the COOP, SCI and Subsidiaries' tax years 1999 through 2005 remain under review at the IRS Appeals level. SCI and Subsidiaries received a letter of no change to its tax liability for the years 2008 through 2010. Furthermore, SCI and its affiliates are under audit by various state and foreign jurisdictions for years through 2012. The outcome of each of these audits cannot be predicted at this time. It is reasonably possible that the amount of our unrecognized tax benefits could significantly increase or decrease over the next twelve months either because we prevail on positions or because the tax authorities prevail. Due to the uncertainty regarding the timing of completion of audits and possible outcomes, a current estimate of the range of increases or decreases that may occur within the next twelve months cannot be made.

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts, Textuals (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ 630,000	$ 620,000
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Underlying assets liquidation range, maximum	10 years
Available-for-sale securities, estimated maturity date, minimum	2014
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, risk discount, low end of the range	0.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, risk discount, high end of the range	20.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, liquidity discount, low end of the range	0.00%
Fair Value, Measurement with unobservable inputs, liquidity discount, high end of the range	10.00%
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share, Unfunded Commitments	700,000
Underlying assets liquidation range, minimum	2 years
Investment Earnings, Net	13,300,000	10,000,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net	$ 40,000	$ 63,000
Available-for-sale securities, estimated maturity date, maximum	2043

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Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 148,619	$ 144,873	$ 188,546	$ 92,708
Receivables, net	105,813	105,899
Inventories, net	34,508	34,668
Current assets held for sale	5,740	4,569
Other	81,324	104,598
Total current assets	376,004	394,607
Equity in subsidiaries	0	0
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	1,871,539	1,870,874
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,301,633	2,300,911
Cemetery property, at cost	1,721,446	1,747,125
Property and equipment, net	1,887,019	1,920,868
Non-current assets held for sale	795,001	746,474
Deferred charges and other assets	631,759	632,088
Goodwill, net	1,978,621	1,968,235
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,342,589	1,347,622
Total assets	12,905,611	12,928,804
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	477,368	486,648
Current maturities of long-term debt	105,705	176,362
Current liabilities held for sale	4,850	3,183
Income taxes	3,301	6,391
Total current liabilities	591,224	672,584
Long-term debt	3,133,925	3,125,548
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	672,631	686,160
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	986,538	974,757
Deferred tax liability	586,991	581,440
Non-current liabilities held for sale	504,423	437,084
Other liabilities	404,693	430,393
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	3,245,629	3,250,586
Care trusts’ corpus	1,340,361	1,345,874
Common stock	213,532	212,317
Other equity	1,145,680	1,113,472
Accumulated other comprehensive income	77,215	88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,436,427	1,414,230
Noncontrolling interests	2,769	10,148
Total equity	1,439,196	1,424,378	1,399,081	1,362,827
Total liabilities and equity	12,905,611	12,928,804
Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Receivables, net	0	0
Inventories, net	0	0
Current assets held for sale	0	0
Other	9,176	9,083
Total current assets	9,176	9,083
Equity in subsidiaries	4,280,493	4,132,098
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	0	0
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	0	0
Cemetery property, at cost	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Non-current assets held for sale	0	0
Deferred charges and other assets	39,887	42,068
Goodwill, net	0	0
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	0	0
Total assets	4,329,556	4,183,249
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	54,039	31,914
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	30,000
Current liabilities held for sale	0	0
Income taxes	0	0
Total current liabilities	54,039	61,914
Long-term debt	2,833,690	2,701,611
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	0	0
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	0	0
Deferred tax liability	1,082	1,092
Non-current liabilities held for sale	0	0
Other liabilities	4,318	4,402
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	0	0
Care trusts’ corpus	0	0
Common stock	213,532	212,317
Other equity	1,145,680	1,113,472
Accumulated other comprehensive income	77,215	88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,436,427	1,414,230
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity	1,436,427	1,414,230
Total liabilities and equity	4,329,556	4,183,249
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	21,341	53,543
Receivables, net	909	442
Inventories, net	0	0
Current assets held for sale	0	0
Other	7,668	29,133
Total current assets	29,918	83,118
Equity in subsidiaries	657,543	828,457
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	0	0
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	0	0
Cemetery property, at cost	0	0
Property and equipment, net	13,900	15,243
Non-current assets held for sale	0	0
Deferred charges and other assets	17,684	31,807
Goodwill, net	647,890	624,711
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	0	0
Total assets	1,366,935	1,583,336
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	25,723	46,020
Current maturities of long-term debt	95	106,939
Current liabilities held for sale	0	0
Income taxes	74	560
Total current liabilities	25,892	153,519
Long-term debt	209,418	270,578
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	0	0
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	0	0
Deferred tax liability	0	0
Non-current liabilities held for sale	0	0
Other liabilities	14,779	29,944
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	0	0
Care trusts’ corpus	0	0
Common stock	85,175	85,175
Other equity	1,031,671	1,044,120
Accumulated other comprehensive income	0	0
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,116,846	1,129,295
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity	1,116,846	1,129,295
Total liabilities and equity	1,366,935	1,583,336
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	753	1,898
Receivables, net	5,536	23,908
Inventories, net	10,194	10,925
Current assets held for sale	4,164	3,333
Other	34,403	35,368
Total current assets	55,050	75,432
Equity in subsidiaries	4,546	4,546
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	376,292	358,567
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	255,305	265,346
Cemetery property, at cost	233,661	264,226
Property and equipment, net	294,574	306,174
Non-current assets held for sale	451,409	443,170
Deferred charges and other assets	171,703	150,665
Goodwill, net	0	0
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	206,859	223,903
Total assets	2,049,399	2,092,029
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	25,955	43,706
Current maturities of long-term debt	291	0
Current liabilities held for sale	3,484	1,647
Income taxes	90	1,427
Total current liabilities	29,820	46,780
Long-term debt	172	89
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	177,046	176,958
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	106,168	85,163
Deferred tax liability	152,608	61,835
Non-current liabilities held for sale	208,029	162,668
Other liabilities	7,168	11,116
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	473,606	503,667
Care trusts’ corpus	207,309	223,903
Common stock	102	102
Other equity	687,371	819,748
Accumulated other comprehensive income	0	0
Total common stockholders’ equity	687,473	819,850
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity	687,473	819,850
Total liabilities and equity	2,049,399	2,092,029
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	126,525	89,432	188,546	92,708
Receivables, net	99,368	81,549
Inventories, net	24,314	23,743
Current assets held for sale	1,576	1,236
Other	30,077	31,014
Total current assets	281,860	226,974
Equity in subsidiaries	0	0
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	1,495,247	1,512,307
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,046,328	2,035,565
Cemetery property, at cost	1,487,785	1,482,899
Property and equipment, net	1,578,545	1,599,451
Non-current assets held for sale	343,592	303,304
Deferred charges and other assets	402,485	407,548
Goodwill, net	1,330,731	1,343,524
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,135,730	1,123,719
Total assets	10,102,303	10,035,291
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	371,651	365,008
Current maturities of long-term debt	105,319	39,423
Current liabilities held for sale	1,366	1,536
Income taxes	3,137	4,404
Total current liabilities	481,473	410,371
Long-term debt	90,645	153,270
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	495,585	509,202
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	880,370	889,594
Deferred tax liability	433,301	518,513
Non-current liabilities held for sale	296,394	274,416
Other liabilities	378,428	384,931
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	2,772,023	2,746,919
Care trusts’ corpus	1,133,052	1,121,971
Common stock	25	25
Other equity	3,141,007	2,937,638
Accumulated other comprehensive income	0	88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	3,141,032	3,026,104
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity	3,141,032	3,026,104
Total liabilities and equity	10,102,303	10,035,291
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Receivables, net	0	0
Inventories, net	0	0
Current assets held for sale	0	0
Other	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
Equity in subsidiaries	(4,942,582)	(4,965,101)
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	0	0
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	0	0
Cemetery property, at cost	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Non-current assets held for sale	0	0
Deferred charges and other assets	0	0
Goodwill, net	0	0
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	0	0
Total assets	(4,942,582)	(4,965,101)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Current liabilities held for sale	0	0
Income taxes	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	0	0
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	0	0
Deferred tax liability	0	0
Non-current liabilities held for sale	0	0
Other liabilities	0	0
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	0	0
Care trusts’ corpus	0	0
Common stock	(85,302)	(85,302)
Other equity	(4,860,049)	(4,801,506)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	0	(88,441)
Total common stockholders’ equity	(4,945,351)	(4,975,249)
Noncontrolling interests	2,769	10,148
Total equity	(4,942,582)	(4,965,101)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (4,942,582)	$ (4,965,101)

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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations	35.40%	37.50%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate	0.00%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	$ 136.9
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued	45.3
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Expense	$ 0.7

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	$ 117,839	$ 268,219
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(2,873)	(4,478)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	50,432	71,742
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(10,698)	(11,136)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	168,271	339,961
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(13,571)	(15,614)
Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	241,716	269,357
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(13,748)	15,577
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	120,134	122,667
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(34,331)	39,249
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	361,850	392,024
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(48,079)	(54,826)
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,247	1,339
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(11)	(14)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2	20
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	1,249	1,359
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(11)	(14)
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	38,848	45,120
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(4,286)	(6,040)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	19,559	25,043
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(2,269)	(2,836)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	58,407	70,163
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6,555)	(8,876)
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	18,422	15,777
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(146)	(214)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	1,818	5,131
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(58)	(245)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	20,240	20,908
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(204)	(459)
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	11,259	9,424
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(82)	(120)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	1,113	3,066
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(33)	(141)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	12,372	12,490
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(115)	(261)
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	15,687	22,534
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(148)	(129)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	3,204	3,299
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(161)	(134)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	18,891	25,833
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(309)	(263)
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	10,154	15,050
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(271)	(424)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,718	3,073
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(130)	(222)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	12,872	18,123
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(401)	(646)
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	685	2,960
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(14)	(18)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	11	10
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(1)	(1)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	696	2,970
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(15)	(19)
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	169	145
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(3)	(2)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	4	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	173	147
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(3)	(2)
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value		2,835
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses		(10)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value		15
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses		(1)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value		2,850
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses		(11)
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	391	3,257
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(4)	(13)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	15	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	406	3,257
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(4)	(13)
Preferred Stock securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	3,362	14,650
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(57)	(245)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	46	44
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(5)	(7)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	3,408	14,694
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(62)	(252)
Preferred Stock securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	2,260	5,604
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(45)	(123)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	2,260	5,604
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(45)	(123)
US Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	25,383	23,825
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(1,519)	(1,561)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,755	3,254
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(782)	(526)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	28,138	27,079
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(2,301)	(2,087)
US Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	82,419	46,317
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(5,575)	(2,648)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,909	3,489
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(195)	(583)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	85,328	49,806
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(5,770)	(3,231)
Canada Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,233	667
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(35)	(129)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	1,664	1,794
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(544)	(494)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	2,897	2,461
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(579)	(623)
Canada Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,843	1,569
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(123)	(502)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,395	1,935
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(768)	(433)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	4,238	3,504
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(891)	(935)
Other International Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,847	1,540
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(21)	(54)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	1,020	525
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(145)	(113)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	2,867	2,065
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(166)	(167)
Other International Common Stock Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	8,190	4,344
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(699)	(124)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	625	702
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(80)	(76)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	8,815	5,046
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(779)	(200)
Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	397	391
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(15)	(14)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	118	163
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(12)	(21)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	515	554
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(27)	(35)
Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	2,199	3,858
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(27)	(54)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	14,643	14,477
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(1,458)	(1,650)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	16,842	18,335
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(1,485)	(1,704)
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	49,171	181,701
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(893)	(2,090)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	9,632	28,507
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(237)	(508)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	58,803	210,208
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(1,130)	(2,598)
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	84,375	134,669
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(2,637)	(5,527)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	69,182	64,009
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(24,706)	(28,122)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	153,557	198,678
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(27,343)	(33,649)
Private Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	20,256	19,242
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(8,753)	(9,002)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	20,256	19,242
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(8,753)	(9,002)
Private Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	6,707	6,589
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(4,686)	(5,153)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	6,707	6,589
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(4,686)	(5,153)
Other Investments [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Other Investments [Member] | Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	14	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(10)	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	9,891	9,738
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	(84)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	9,905	9,738
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(10)	(84)
Other Investments [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value		282
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses		(33)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value		282
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses		$ (33)

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Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Table Text Block]

The fair value of our debt instruments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014	$	121	$	106,939
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2015	143,179		144,653
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016	214,647		214,904
3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016	185		60,487
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017	331,285		333,259
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	288,438		288,875
6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019	210,000		210,000
7.0% Senior Notes due May 2019	266,250		270,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	196,000		192,610
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	173,625		173,625
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	434,563		431,588
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	216,500		215,750
Term Loan due July 2018	592,500		600,000
Bank credit facility due July 2018	140,000		30,000
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	4,672		4,752
Total fair value of debt instruments	$	3,211,965	$	3,277,442

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Preneed Cemetery Activities Investment Related Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	$ 46,678	$ 31,729
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(4,110)	(4,213)
Cemetery [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	241,716		269,357
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(13,748)		15,577
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	120,134		122,667
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(34,331)		39,249
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	361,850		392,024
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(48,079)		(54,826)
Deposits	28,271	25,268
Withdrawals	34,348	29,881
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	98,758	105,722
Sales of available-for-sale securities	92,317	125,743
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	25,532	16,576
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(2,299)	(2,170)
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	169		145
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(3)		(2)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	4		2
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	173		147
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(3)		(2)
Private Equity Funds [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	6,707		6,589
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(4,686)		(5,153)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	6,707		6,589
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(4,686)		(5,153)
Other Investments [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Other Investments [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value			0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses			0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value			282
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses			(33)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value			282
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses			(33)
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Cemetery [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	391		3,257
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(4)		(13)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	15		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	406		3,257
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	$ (4)		$ (13)

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Segment Reporting (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Segment Reporting

Our operations are both product based and geographically based, and the reportable operating segments presented below include our funeral and cemetery operations. Our geographic areas include United States, Canada, and Germany. We conduct both funeral and cemetery operations in the United States and Canada and funeral operations in Germany.

Our reportable segment information is as follows:

	Funeral		Cemetery		Reportable Segments
	(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues from external customers:
2014	$	510,668	$	236,455	$	747,123
2013	$	462,019	$	190,333	$	652,352
Gross profits:
2014	$	119,389	$	46,993	$	166,382
2013	$	120,131	$	39,526	$	159,657

The following table reconciles gross profits from reportable segments to our consolidated income before income taxes:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Gross profits from reportable segments	$	166,382		$	159,657
General and administrative expenses	(56,010		)	(30,923		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,812		)	(969		)
Operating income	107,560			127,765
Interest expense	(44,996		)	(32,769		)
Other income (expense), net	1,534			(984		)
Income before income taxes	$	64,098		$	94,012

Our geographic area information is as follows:

	United States		Canada		Germany		Total
			(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues from external customers:
2014	$	694,383	$	51,126	$	1,614	$	747,123
2013	$	595,437	$	54,981	$	1,934	$	652,352

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Divestiture-Related Activities (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Divestiture-Related Activities

As divestitures occur in the normal course of business, gains or losses on the sale of such locations are recognized in the income statement line item (Losses) gains on divestitures and impairment charges, net, which consist of the following for the three months ended March 31, :

	Three Months Ended
	March 31
	2014			2013
(Losses) gains on divestitures, net	$	1,927		$	(891	)
Impairment losses	(4,739		)	(78		)
	$	(2,812	)	$	(969	)

Assets Held for Sale

In connection with the acquisition of Stewart, we have agreed to a consent order with the staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that identifies certain properties the FTC will require us to divest as a result of the acquisition. The consent order has been approved by the FTC commissioners. As a result, these properties have been classified as assets held for sale in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Net assets held for sale at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:

	March 31		December 31
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	5,740	$	4,569
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments	346,690		342,728
Cemetery property	103,391		83,115
Property and equipment, net	82,631		63,356
Goodwill	127,138		140,860
Deferred charges and other assets	22,954		32,989
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	112,197		83,426
Total assets	$	800,741	$	751,043
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	4,850		3,183
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts	387,620		349,449
Care trusts' corpus	112,197		83,426
Other long term liabilities	4,606		4,209
Total liabilities	509,273		440,267
Net assets held for sale	$	291,468	$	310,776

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Preneed Funeral Activities Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	$ 217,848	$ 290,705
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(11,605)	(12,519)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	121,626	114,048
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(28,023)	(30,144)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	339,474	404,753
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(39,628)	(42,663)
US Treasury Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	22,414	28,693
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(2,141)	(3,595)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	19,008	19,351
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(2,080)	(2,004)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	41,422	48,044
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(4,221)	(5,599)
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	4,831	9,546
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(44)	(120)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	16,869	18,981
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(1,022)	(993)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	21,700	28,527
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(1,066)	(1,113)
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	17,003	21,357
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(288)	(346)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	1,182	5,654
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(73)	(345)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	18,185	27,011
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(361)	(691)
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,250	1,381
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(24)	(25)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	138	172
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(9)	(8)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	1,388	1,553
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(33)	(33)
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value		3,275
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses		(10)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value		3,275
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses		(10)
Preferred Stock securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	1,395	14,028
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(45)	(235)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	1,395	14,028
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(45)	(235)
US Common Stock Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	87,310	46,544
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(5,886)	(2,153)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	2,539	3,327
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(511)	(775)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	89,849	49,871
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6,397)	(2,928)
Canada Common Stock Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	7,257	2,433
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(349)	(576)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	1,720	1,992
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(621)	(641)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	8,977	4,425
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(970)	(1,217)
Other International Common Stock Securities [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	4,373	3,396
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(450)	(138)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	307	369
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(30)	(60)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	4,680	3,765
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(480)	(198)
Equity Funds [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	19,712	16,206
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(400)	(337)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	12,319	12,456
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(1,732)	(1,966)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	32,031	28,662
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(2,132)	(2,303)
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	52,303	143,846
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	(1,978)	(4,984)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	54,279	38,217
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(13,822)	(14,593)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	106,582	182,063
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(15,800)	(19,577)
Private Equity Funds [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	13,265	13,002
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(8,123)	(8,726)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	13,265	13,002
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(8,123)	(8,726)
Other Investments [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	279
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses	(6)
Other Investments [Member] | Funeral [Member]
Schedule of unrealized loss on investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than Twelve Months, Fair Value		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Aggregate Losses		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value		527
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Aggregate Losses		(33)
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value		527
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Aggregate Losses		$ (33)

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Divestiture-Related Activities Divestiture-Related Activities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Gains (Losses) on Divestitures and Impairment Charges [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	March 31
	2014			2013
(Losses) gains on divestitures, net	$	1,927		$	(891	)
Impairment losses	(4,739		)	(78		)
	$	(2,812	)	$	(969	)

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Common stock, par value	$ 1	$ 1
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	213,605,552	212,326,642
Common stock, shares outstanding	213,531,666	212,316,642

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Service Corporation International (SCI) and all subsidiaries in which we hold a controlling financial interest. Our financial statements also include the accounts of the funeral merchandise and service trusts, cemetery merchandise and service trusts, and cemetery perpetual care trusts in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary. Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited but include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals and any other adjustments, which management considers necessary for a fair statement of our results for these periods. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in a manner consistent with the accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, unless otherwise disclosed herein, and should be read in conjunction therewith. The accompanying year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year period.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period financial statement presentation with no effect on our previously reported results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows. In this filing we revised our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 to reclassify $30.0 million from Long-term debt to Current maturities of long-term debt. The original misclassification relates to amounts payable in 2014 for our Term Loan due July 2018. Our previously issued December 31, 2013 financial statements are not materially misstated by this misclassification.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. These estimates and assumptions may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. As a result, actual results could differ from these estimates.

Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Receivables

We sell preneed funeral and cemetery contracts whereby the customer enters into arrangements for future merchandise and services prior to the time of need. As these contracts are entered into prior to the delivery of the related goods and services, the preneed funeral and cemetery receivables are offset by a comparable deferred revenue amount. These receivables generally have an interest component for which interest income is recorded when the interest amount is considered collectible and realizable, which typically coincides with cash payment. We do not accrue interest on financing receivables that are not paid in accordance with the contractual payment date given the nature of our goods and services, the nature of our contracts with customers, and the timing of the delivery of our services. We do not consider receivables to be past due until the service or goods are required to be delivered at which time the preneed receivable is paid or reclassified as a trade receivable with payment terms of less than 30 days. As the preneed funeral and cemetery receivables are offset by comparable deferred revenue amounts, we have no risk of loss related to these receivables.

If a preneed contract is canceled prior to delivery, state or provincial law governs the amount of the refund owed to the customer, if any, including the amount of the attributed investment earnings. Upon cancellation, we receive the amount of principal deposited to the trust and previously undistributed net investment earnings and, where required, issue a refund to the customer. We retain excess funds, if any, and recognize the attributed investment earnings (net of any investment earnings payable to the customer) as revenue in the consolidated statement of operations. In certain jurisdictions, we may be obligated to fund any shortfall if the amount deposited by the customers exceed the funds in trust. Based on our historical experience, we have provided an allowance for cancellation of these receivables, which is recorded as a reduction in receivables with a corresponding offset to deferred revenue.

Income Taxes

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) amended the Income Taxes Topic of the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) to eliminate a diversity in practice for the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses, or tax credit carryforwards exist. The amendment requires that the unrecognized tax benefit be presented as a reduction of the deferred tax assets associated with the carryforwards except in certain circumstances when it would be reflected as a liability. We adopted this amendment effective January 1, 2014 with no impact on our consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows.

Foreign Currency

In March 2013, the FASB amended the Foreign Currency Matters Topic of the ASC to clarify the appropriate accounting when a parent ceases to have a controlling interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity. This clarification provides that the cumulative translation adjustment should only be released into net income if the loss of controlling interest represents complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or asset group had resided. We adopted this amendment effective January 1, 2014 with no impact on our consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows.

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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts Investment Related Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	$ 46,678	$ 31,729
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	(4,110)	(4,213)
Cemetery Perpetual Care [Member]
Investment related activities [Line Items]
Deposits	11,837	8,228
Withdrawals	5,885	9,569
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	38,895	35,052
Sales of available-for-sale securities	30,072	27,490
Realized gains from sales of available-for-sale securities	5,045	3,782
Realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities	$ (337)	$ (322)

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Guarantor Narrative (Details) (Unsecured Debt [Member], April 2019 [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Unsecured Debt [Member] | April 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 200,000	$ 200,000

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Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Bank credit facility due March 2016	$ 140,000
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2047	4,672	4,752
Total fair value of debt instruments	3,211,965	3,277,442
July 2014 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	121	106,939
April 2015 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	143,179	144,653
April 2016 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	214,647	214,904
July 2016 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	185	60,487
June 2017 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	331,285	333,259
October 2018 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	288,438	288,875
April 2019 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	210,000	210,000
May 2019 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	266,250	270,000
November 2020 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	196,000	192,610
November 2021 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	173,625	173,625
January 2022 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	434,563	431,588
April 2027 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	216,500	215,750
July 2018 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Bank credit facility due March 2016	140,000	30,000
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2047	$ 592,500	$ 600,000

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Guarantor (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Condensed Financial Information of Parent Company Only Disclosure [Abstract]

Condensed Financial Information of Parent Company Only Disclosure [Text Block]

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements of Guarantors of Senior Notes

In conjunction with the Stewart acquisition, we assumed $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.5% senior notes due 2019 that were originally issued by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. ('Subsidiary Issuer') and issued a parent guarantee of the notes.

The following tables present the condensed consolidating historical financial statements as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, for SCI ('Parent') on a parent only basis; the Subsidiary Issuer on a parent only basis; the Guarantor subsidiaries, which serve as guarantors for all three notes, on a combined basis; all other non-guarantor subsidiaries on a combined basis; the eliminations necessary to arrive at the information for the Company on a consolidated basis; and the Company on a consolidated basis.

Non-guarantor subsidiaries of the three notes include the Puerto Rican subsidiaries of the Subsidiary Issuer; Investors Trust, Inc.; certain immaterial domestic subsidiaries of the Subsidiary Issuer, which are not 100 percent-owned, or are prohibited by law from guaranteeing the notes; and all subsidiaries of the Parent that are not subsidiaries of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. The guarantor subsidiaries of the notes are 100 percent-owned directly or indirectly by the Parent and the Subsidiary Issuer. The guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several. The Issuer and Guarantor amounts are not reflected in the Statement of Operations, Comprehensive Income, and Cash Flows information for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as they were not owned by the Company during that period.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues	$	—		$	—		$	110,165		$	636,958		$	—		$	747,123
Costs and expenses	—			—			(78,197		)	(502,544		)	—			(580,741		)
Gross profits	—			—			31,968			134,414			—			166,382
General and administrative expenses	(267		)	(8,979		)	—			(46,764		)	—			(56,010		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	—			—			(66		)	(2,746		)	—			(2,812		)
Operating income	$	(267	)	$	(8,979	)	$	31,902		$	84,904		$	—		$	107,560
Interest expense	(40,593		)	(2,652		)	—			(1,751		)	—			(44,996		)
Equity in subsidiaries	66,917			19,394			384			—			(86,695		)	—
Other (expense) income, net	—			(2		)	1			1,535			—			1,534
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	26,057		$	7,761		$	32,287		$	84,688		$	(86,695	)	$	64,098
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	15,045			4,691			(12,863		)	(29,580		)	—			(22,707		)
Net income	41,102			12,452			19,424			55,108			(86,695		)	41,391
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			—			—			(289		)	$	(289	)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	41,102		$	12,452		$	19,424		$	55,108		$	(86,984	)	$	41,102

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenues	$	—		$	652,352		$	—		$	652,352
Costs and expenses	—			(492,695		)	—			(492,695		)
Gross profits	—			159,657			—			159,657
General and administrative expenses	(262		)	(30,661		)	—			(30,923		)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	—			(969		)	—			(969		)
Operating income	(262		)	128,027			—			127,765
Interest expense	(31,035		)	(1,734		)	—			(32,769		)
Equity in subsidiaries	77,420			—			(77,420		)	—
Other (expense) income, net	—			(984		)	—			(984		)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	46,123			125,309			(77,420		)	94,012
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	11,497			(46,787		)	—			(35,290		)
Net income	57,620			78,522			(77,420		)	58,722
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			(1,102		)	(1,102		)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	57,620		$	78,522		$	(78,522	)	$	57,620

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income	$	41,102		$	12,452	$	19,424	$	55,108		$	(86,695	)	$	41,391
Other comprehensive income	(11,226		)	—		—		(11,226		)	10,937			(11,515		)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	29,876		$	12,452	$	19,424	$	43,882		$	(75,758	)	$	29,876

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income	$	57,620		$	78,522		$	(77,420	)	$	58,722
Other comprehensive income	(5,512		)	(5,512		)	4,410			(6,614		)
Total comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	52,108		$	73,010		$	(73,010	)	$	52,108

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	March 31, 2014
	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—	$	21,341	$	753	$	126,525	$	—		$	148,619
Receivables, net	—		909		5,536		99,368		—			105,813
Inventories, net	—		—		10,194		24,314		—			34,508
Current assets held for sale	—		—		4,164		1,576		—			5,740
Other	9,176		7,668		34,403		30,077		—			81,324
Total current assets	$	9,176	$	29,918	$	55,050	$	281,860	$	—		$	376,004
Equity in subsidiaries	4,280,493		657,543		4,546		—		(4,942,582		)	—
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		376,292		1,495,247		—			1,871,539
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		255,305		2,046,328		—			2,301,633
Cemetery property, at cost	—		—		233,661		1,487,785		—			1,721,446
Property and equipment, net	—		13,900		294,574		1,578,545		—			1,887,019
Non-current assets held for sale	—		—		451,409		343,592		—			795,001
Deferred charges and other assets	39,887		17,684		171,703		402,485		—			631,759
Goodwill, net	—		647,890		—		1,330,731		—			1,978,621
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	—		—		206,859		1,135,730		—			1,342,589
Total assets	$	4,329,556	$	1,366,935	$	2,049,399	$	10,102,303	$	(4,942,582	)	$	12,905,611
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	54,039	$	25,723	$	25,955	$	371,651	$	—		$	477,368
Current maturities of long-term debt	—		95		291		105,319		—			105,705
Current liabilities held for sale	—		—		3,484		1,366		—			4,850
Income taxes	—		74		90		3,137		—			3,301
Total current liabilities	$	54,039	$	25,892	$	29,820	$	481,473	$	—		$	591,224
Long-term debt	2,833,690		209,418		172		90,645		—			3,133,925
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	—		—		177,046		495,585		—			672,631
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	—		—		106,168		880,370		—			986,538
Deferred tax liability	1,082		—		152,608		433,301		—			586,991
Non-current liabilities held for sale	—		—		208,029		296,394		—			504,423
Other liabilities	4,318		14,779		7,168		378,428		—			404,693
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	—		—		473,606		2,772,023		—			3,245,629
Care trusts’ corpus	—		—		207,309		1,133,052		—			1,340,361
Equity:
Common stock	213,532		85,175		102		25		(85,302		)	213,532
Other equity	1,145,680		1,031,671		687,371		3,141,007		(4,860,049		)	1,145,680
Accumulated other comprehensive income	77,215		—		—		—		—			77,215
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,436,427		1,116,846		687,473		3,141,032		(4,945,351		)	1,436,427
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		2,769			2,769
Total equity	1,436,427		1,116,846		687,473		3,141,032		(4,942,582		)	1,439,196
Total liabilities and equity	$	4,329,556	$	1,366,935	$	2,049,399	$	10,102,303	$	(4,942,582	)	$	12,905,611

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

	December 31, 2013
	Parent		Subsidiary Issuer		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—	$	53,543	$	1,898	$	89,432	$	—		$	144,873
Receivables, net	—		442		23,908		81,549		—			105,899
Inventories, net	—		—		10,925		23,743		—			34,668
Current assets held for sale	—		—		3,333		1,236		—			4,569
Other	9,083		29,133		35,368		31,014		—			104,598
Total current assets	9,083		83,118		75,432		226,974		—			394,607
Equity in subsidiaries	4,132,098		828,457		4,546		—		(4,965,101		)	—
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		358,567		1,512,307		—			1,870,874
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	—		—		265,346		2,035,565		—			2,300,911
Cemetery property, at cost	—		—		264,226		1,482,899		—			1,747,125
Property and equipment, net	—		15,243		306,174		1,599,451		—			1,920,868
Non-current assets held for sale	—		—		443,170		303,304		—			746,474
Deferred charges and other assets	42,068		31,807		150,665		407,548		—			632,088
Goodwill, net	—		624,711		—		1,343,524		—			1,968,235
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	—		—		223,903		1,123,719		—			1,347,622
Total assets	$	4,183,249	$	1,583,336	$	2,092,029	$	10,035,291	$	(4,965,101	)	$	12,928,804
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	31,914	$	46,020	$	43,706	$	365,008	$	—		$	486,648
Current maturities of long-term debt	30,000		106,939		—		39,423		—			176,362
Current liabilities held for sale	—		—		1,647		1,536		—			3,183
Income taxes	—		560		1,427		4,404		—			6,391
Total current liabilities	61,914		153,519		46,780		410,371		—			672,584
Long-term debt	2,701,611		270,578		89		153,270		—			3,125,548
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	—		—		176,958		509,202		—			686,160
Deferred preneed cemetery revenues	—		—		85,163		889,594		—			974,757
Deferred tax liability	1,092		—		61,835		518,513		—			581,440
Non-current liabilities held for sale	—		—		162,668		274,416		—			437,084
Other liabilities	4,402		29,944		11,116		384,931		—			430,393
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust	—		—		503,667		2,746,919		—			3,250,586
Care trusts’ corpus	—		—		223,903		1,121,971		—			1,345,874
Equity:
Common stock	212,317		85,175		102		25		(85,302		)	212,317
Other equity	1,113,472		1,044,120		819,748		2,937,638		(4,801,506		)	1,113,472
Accumulated other comprehensive income	88,441		—		—		88,441		(88,441		)	88,441
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,414,230		1,129,295		819,850		3,026,104		(4,975,249		)	1,414,230
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		10,148			10,148
Total equity	1,414,230		1,129,295		819,850		3,026,104		(4,965,101		)	1,424,378
Total liabilities and equity	$	4,183,249	$	1,583,336	$	2,092,029	$	10,035,291	$	(4,965,101	)	$	12,928,804

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Subsidiary Issuer			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(28,168	)	$	(32,202	)	$	47,998		$	140,259		$	—		$	127,887
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	—			—			(4,120		)	(21,102		)	—			(25,222		)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—			—			—			(779		)	—			(779		)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	—			—			—			2,639			—			2,639
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	—			2,035			(14,260		)	—			—			(12,225		)
Contributions to subsidiaries	(70,858		)	—			—			—			70,858			—
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(70,858		)	2,035			(18,380		)	(19,242		)	70,858			(35,587		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	110,000			—			—			—			—			110,000
Payments of debt	(7,500		)	—			—			(79		)	—			(7,579		)
Early extinguishment of debt	—			(167,093		)	—			—			—			(167,093		)
Principal payments on capital leases	—			—			(23		)	(7,208		)	—			(7,231		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	7,915			—			—			—			—			7,915
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	6,744			—			—			—			—			6,744
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,053		)	—			—			—			—			(1,053		)
Payments of dividends	(17,080		)	—			—			—			—			(17,080		)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			—			—			(15,000		)	—			(15,000		)
Bank overdrafts and other	—			—			—			3,762			—			3,762
Contributions from (distributions to) parent	—			165,058			(30,740		)	(63,460		)	(70,858		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	99,026			(2,035		)	(30,763		)	(81,985		)	(70,858		)	(86,615		)
Effect of foreign currency	—			—			—			(1,939		)	—			(1,939		)
Net decrease (increase) in cash and cash equivalents	—			(32,202		)	(1,145		)	37,093			—			3,746
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	—			53,543			1,898			89,432			—			144,873
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	21,341		$	753		$	126,525		$	—		$	148,619

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(1,261	)	$	152,385		$	—		$	151,124
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	—			(22,569		)	—			(22,569		)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment	—			1,816			—			1,816
Net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other	—			339			—			339
Distributions from subsidiaries	16,558			—			(16,558		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	16,558			(20,414		)	(16,558		)	(20,414		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of debt	(4,757		)	(191		)	—			(4,948		)
Principal payments on capital leases	—			(6,468		)	—			(6,468		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	3,094			—			—			3,094
Excess tax benefits from share based awards	772			—			—			772
Purchase of Company common stock	(1,708		)	—			—			(1,708		)
Payments of dividends	(12,698		)	—			—			(12,698		)
Distributions to parent	—			(16,558		)	16,558			—
Purchase of noncontrolling interest	—			(8,333		)	—			(8,333		)
Bank overdrafts and other	—			(4,004		)	—			(4,004		)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(15,297		)	(35,554		)	16,558			(34,293		)
Effect of foreign currency	—			(579		)	—			(579		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			95,838			—			95,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	—			92,708			—			92,708
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	188,546		$	—		$	188,546

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Segment Reporting (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	$ 747,123	$ 652,352
Gross Profit	166,382	159,657
General and administrative expenses	(56,010)	(30,923)
Losses on divestitures and impairment charges, net	(2,812)	(969)
Operating Income (Loss)	107,560	127,765
Interest expense	(44,996)	(32,769)
Other income (expense), net	1,534	(984)
Income before income taxes	64,098	94,012
UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	694,383	595,437
CANADA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	51,126	54,981
GERMANY
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	1,614	1,934
Funeral [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	510,668	462,019
Gross Profit	119,389	120,131
Other income (expense), net	0	0
Cemetery [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	236,455	190,333
Gross Profit	46,993	39,526
Other income (expense), net	$ 0	$ 0

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Supplementary Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Supplementary Information [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Information [Table Text Block]

The detail of certain income statement accounts as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations is as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Merchandise revenues:
Funeral	$	164,735	$	160,329
Cemetery	155,392		129,476
Total merchandise revenues	320,127		289,805
Services revenues:
Funeral	311,160		273,830
Cemetery	71,383		54,568
Total services revenues	382,543		328,398
Other revenues	44,453		34,149
Total revenues	$	747,123	$	652,352
Merchandise costs and expenses:
Funeral	$	81,954	$	75,781
Cemetery	69,537		56,553
Total cost of merchandise	151,491		132,334
Services costs and expenses:
Funeral	159,505		136,124
Cemetery	37,038		26,331
Total cost of services	196,543		162,455
Overhead and other expenses	232,707		197,906
Total costs and expenses	$	580,741	$	492,695

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Equity (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

Equity

(All shares reported in whole numbers)

Our components of Accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Unrealized Gains and Losses			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
				(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	88,441		$	—		$	88,441
Activity in 2014	(11,226		)	—			(11,226		)
Reduction in net unrealized gains associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts, net of taxes	—			17,039			17,039
Reclassification of net unrealized losses activity attributable to the Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and Care trusts’ corpus, net of taxes	—			(17,039		)	(17,039		)
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	77,215		$	—		$	77,215

The assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rate. The U.S. dollar amount that arises from such translation, as well as exchange gains and losses on intercompany balances of a long-term investment nature, are included in the foreign currency translation adjustment in Accumulated other comprehensive income.

Cash Dividends

On February 12, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $.08 per common share. This dividend, totaling $17.1 million, was paid on March 28, 2014.

Share Repurchases

Subject to market conditions, normal trading restrictions, and limitations in our debt covenants, we may make purchases in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions under our stock repurchase program. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, there were no share repurchases under our share repurchase program. The remaining dollar value of shares authorized to be purchased under our share repurchase program was approximately $190.1 million at March 31, 2014.

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we made $1.1 million of share repurchases that were not part of the publicly announced programs. These shares represent restricted stock that was redeemed by certain employees in lieu of tax liability withholdings and stock option exercises by attestation, which do not affect our share repurchase program.