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Debt Narratives (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate 5.21%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate   5.21%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate 75.00%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate   75.00%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity $ 500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity    
Long-term Line of Credit 355,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayableToBankNoncurrent   370,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayableToBankNoncurrent
Letters of Credit, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 175,000,000sci_LettersOfCreditMaximumBorrowingCapacity    
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding 250,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit   235,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount 31,600,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount    
Repayments of Debt and Capital Lease Obligations 7,400,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 7,200,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations  
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.35%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage    
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity 218,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity    
Line of Credit Facility, Increase (Decrease), Net 15,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityIncreaseDecreaseForPeriodNet    
Early Repayment of Senior Debt 0us-gaap_EarlyRepaymentOfSeniorDebt 167,093,000us-gaap_EarlyRepaymentOfSeniorDebt  
Repayments of Long-term Capital Lease Obligations 7,380,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermCapitalLeaseObligations 7,231,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermCapitalLeaseObligations  
Repayments of Debt 15,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt 7,500,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt  
Repayments of Long-term Debt 15,071,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt 7,579,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt  
Capital Lease Obligations Incurred $ 7,300,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred $ 10,700,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred