Acquisition (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 23, 2013	Oct. 15, 2013	Jun. 03, 2011
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, Receivables						11,521,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets						188,737,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Cemetery property						308,201,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment						340,799,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments						632,305,000
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						519,906,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets						274,336,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net						559,754,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets						2,992,093,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities						217,773,000
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						741,741,000
Business combination, liabilities held for sale						243,955,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent						61,512,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other						290,971,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities						1,826,620,000
Business combination, noncontrolling interest						118,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net						1,165,355,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired					10.00%		20.00%	70.00%
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue	722,810,000		1,472,915,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount		2,300,000
Change in estimated valued of acquired property and equipment, net		23,426,000
Change in estimated valued of acquired cemetery property		(12,279,000)
Change in estimated value of preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments		(22,705,000)
Change in estimated valued of acquired finite lived intangible assets		(29,144,000)
Change in value of deferred charges and other assets		(3,984,000)
Change in the estimated fair value of acquired deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trust		41,117,000
Change in value of acquired assets and liabilities held for sale		(4,660,000)
Change in estimated value of deferred income taxes		38,657,000
Other changes in the estimated fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, net		(11,604,000)
Total adjustment to the estimated amount of goodwill in a business combination		18,824,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		156,534,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss)	44,713,000		108,932,000
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Including Subsequent Acquisition, Percentage							90.00%
Stewart
Finite-Lived Trade Names, Gross		9,150,000
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
Indefinite-Lived Trade Names		77,900,000
Indefinite-Lived License Agreements		1,500,000
Funeral | Stewart
Goodwill, Acquired During Period		307,900,000
Cemetery | Stewart
Goodwill, Acquired During Period		$ 251,900,000
Customer Relationships | Minimum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		10 years
Customer Relationships | Maximum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		20 years
Customer Lists | Minimum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		10 years
Customer Lists | Maximum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		14 years
Licensing Agreements | Minimum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		20 years
Licensing Agreements | Maximum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		40 years
Noncompete Agreements | Minimum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		5 years
Noncompete Agreements | Maximum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		15 years
Leases, Acquired-in-Place, Market Adjustment | Minimum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		26 years
Leases, Acquired-in-Place, Market Adjustment | Maximum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		34 years
Trade Names | Minimum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		5 years
Trade Names | Maximum | Stewart
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		5 years