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                                                                  For SEC Filing
                                                                  Purposes Only:
                                                                  Rule 424(b)(5)
                                                              File No. 333-01857

            Prospectus Supplement to Prospectus Dated March 28, 1996


                       SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL


           Terms of 5-1/4% Convertible Debentures, Series Q, due 2006


Title:                  5-1/4% Convertible Debentures, Series Q, due 2006 
                        (the "Debentures").
                        
Principal Amount:       $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 
                        Debentures will be issued as a portion of the 
                        consideration for the outstanding capital stock of 
                        Roselawn Memorial Association, Inc.
                        
Conversion Price:       $62.4375 per share, subject to adjustment.
                        
Conversion Date:        On or after April 18, 1997.
                        
Maturity Date:          April 17, 2006.
                        
Interest Rate:          5-1/4% per annum accruing from April 17, 1996.
                        
Federal Tax Matters:    The applicable federal rate on long-term indebtedness 
                        for April 1996, compounded quarterly, is 6.36% for 
                        purposes of determining the original issue discount 
                        applicable to the Debentures for federal income tax 
                        purposes. The original issue discount per $1,000 
                        principal amount of the Debentures is $81.51.
                        
Other Matters:          Payments of principal and interest on the Debentures 
                        are subject to the Company's rights of set-off as 
                        provided in the agreement governing the acquisition of 
                        Roselawn Memorial Association, Inc.
                        
                        
                        The Date of this Supplement is April 12, 1996.