Rev. Nicholas C. "Neal" Antle

Father Nicholas C. (Neal) Antle, age 81 , died on Friday, August 26, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bart J. and Mary Antle; Sister, Nora Antle Jennings, Brother-in-law, Curtis Naurice Jennings and nephew, Curtis Neal Jennings of Baytown, Texas;. Father Neal was a priest of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston for the past 57 years. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Louis J. Reicher, D.D. at St. Mary's Cathedral in Galveston, Texas on May 23, 1959. He served six years as Assistant Pastor at St. Patrick's Church in Galveston, Texas, having founded the St. Patrick's Boys Choir from 1959 to 1965. He also served five years at St. Pius V Church in Pasadena, Texas from 1965 to 1970 as Director of the Adult Choir and St. Pius V Boys Choir. He was Assistant Pastor at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral for one and a half years and Pastor for eight years at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral (1970-1980). He served as the late Bishop Wendelin J. Nold's personal chaplain and secretary/driver for twelve years. Later, he was assigned as Secretary and Vice Officialis of the Diocesan Tribunal at the Houston Chancery for five years. He resided at St. Rose of Lima and St. Vincent de Paul Church in Houston, Texas and also was with the Servants of the Paraclete for three years in New Mexico and California. In 1990, he returned to Houston, retired and lived at St. Dominic Diocesan Center, at Pope John XXIII Priest Retirement Residence. He assisted with various liturgies, offering masses and penance services at various churches in the Diocese.

He was a Third Degree Knights of Columbus since 1952 and a Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus since 1960. He was a member of the Secular Third Order of St. Francis since 1971, and a Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre since 1977.

He served as Chaplain at Memorial Hermann Hospital and St. Dominic's Nursing Home in his later years, and assisted many of the elderly priests with their duties at St. Dominic's Center. He had a great love for the sick and needy, especially elderly priests at the Nursing Home and Center.

The first fifteen years of his priesthood, he was very active with music, having formed two Boys Choirs and two Adult Choirs. He graduated in 1946 from Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown, Texas. He graduated from St. Mary's Seminary at LaPorte, Texas and St. Mary's Seminary in Houston, Texas with a degree in Theology in 1959.

He is survived by his brother, Bart J. Antle and wife, Nancy Sue. His nephews: Bart Fred Jennings and wife, Ann; Robert and Joe Jennings, Paul Johnston Jennings and wife, Dawn and Niece; Mary Jennings Jordan, as well as great nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank St. Dominic Village Retirement and Nursing Home, the Clergy Outreach Department at St. Dominic's and the Nursing Staff for their kind support and care over the past several years as well as the doctors and staff at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 in the Warren Chapel at St. Dominic Village, located at 2401 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas with a Vigil and rosary service following at 7:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial is to be conducted at 10:00 am on Thursday, September 1, 2016 in the Warren Chapel and interment to follow at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Texas.