Judy Prendergast

"'So, when can I expect you back? One? Two? 4:00am?'""- Judy Prendergast, to her husband Holt in Life After: The Cemetery Plot"Judy Prendergast is a minor character in Life After: The Cemetery Plot.

Wife to Holt Prendergast, Judy is in the process of burying her brother William Pelletreau when her husband begins to suspect that the cemetery has some unscrupulous business practices, kicking off a chain of events in Life After: The Arising.

Appearance and Character
Judy receives little to no physical description. While she at first seems deeply affected by her brother's demise, it becomes more apparent over the ensuing day that Holt is completely uninterested in her emotional state, far more focused on the idea that they're being cheated on William's funeral costs. It's unclear whether Judy is generally this withdrawn and isolated from Holt, but she does seem to be in marginally better spirits when hosting the rest of her family at the wake.

Though Judy would seem to dispassionately entertain Holt's irritations, she noticeably dismisses them when Jerry Westerveldt shows up to William's funeral.

History
Judy and Holt took her brother William in when he was having money trouble in college. Once he graduated, William got a job and began doing quite well for himself. When their mother Martha passed away, everyone in the family chipped in for the funeral, except for William, who showed up to the proceedings in an expensive car he laughed off as a necessity in the "corporate world".

Life After: The Cemetery Plot
Holt and Judy prepare for William's funeral; though Judy mourns the death of her brother, Holt is more concerned with the cost of the proceedings and his leftover inheritance. On the day of the funeral, Holt's niece and her boyfriend discuss the discord among her family, specifically mentioning that Holt's miserly tendencies have been a point of contention in the past.

Holt spends the trip back from the funeral complaining about the cost of William's burial vault to Judy, and, once home, immediately gets in touch with the sexton of Brookwood Cemetery in an attempt to question the vault's necessity and mitigate the cost. While hosting the wake, Holt gathers William and Judy's siblings to insist they take legal action on the grounds that Brookwood is charging them for a burial vault they won't be using. Frustrated by his tone and still in mourning, the family spurns Holt's posturing. Left alone with one of his in-laws, Holt bitterly muses on how William relied on the family's help while he was in college and ultimately abandoned them once he got a job at a major multinational finance and insurance company. A passing remark from his in-law sees Holt ditch the wake, telling Judy he needs to make preparations for a construction project at Thomas Massey High School.

Later that evening, Holt dies in car accident.