Divestiture-Related Activities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures

	June 30		December 31
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	2,979	$	4,750
Property and equipment, net	281		116
Deferred charges and other assets	3,673		2,375
Total assets	$	6,933	$	7,241
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	4,014		4,728
Deferred preneed funeral revenues	1,360		938
Other long term liabilities	30		30
Total liabilities	5,404		5,696
Net assets of discontinued operations	$	1,529	$	1,545

Held for Sale, Net Assets

	June 30		December 31
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	3,043	$	4,569
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments	297,075		363,480
Cemetery property	64,967		83,115
Property and equipment, net	47,632		63,356
Goodwill	139,145		193,545
Deferred charges and other assets	16,160		32,989
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	79,427		86,726
Total assets	$	647,449	$	827,780
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	2,252		3,183
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts	357,588		427,436
Care trusts' corpus	78,976		86,726
Other long term liabilities	3,444		4,209
Total liabilities	442,260		521,554
Net assets held for sale	$	205,189	$	306,226

Gains (Losses) on Divestitures and Impairment Charges

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30						June 30
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Gains (losses) on divestitures, net	$	35,937		$	(3,710	)	$	37,864		$	(4,600	)
Impairment losses	(943		)	(1,835		)	(5,682		)	$	(1,914	)
	$	34,994		$	(5,545	)	$	32,182		$	(6,514	)