BEGANS, ELEANOR R. Mass for Eleanor R. Begans, formerly of Jersey City, was held Dec. 17 at St. Peter’s Church in Bellville. She died Dec. 14 at Clara Maass Medical Center in Bellville. Born in Jersey City, she moved to Belleville in 1985. Begans worked as a secretary at a number of Wall Street brokerage firms in New York City, and later as a secretary with the Hudson County Probation Department from 1949 to 1955. Survivors include her daughter Regina Kohl and her husband Mark; her son James F. Begans; and her grandson, Jeffrey M. Kohl and his fiance Jacqueline Scena.