N MEMORIAM: Philip J. Hoffman III, 87; Served In Navy, 36 Years In Post Office COOPERSTOWN – Philip J. Hoffmann III, who retired in 1986 from a career in the U.S. Postal Service, passed away on Sept. 22, 2017, at Focus in Cooperstown. He was born on Sept. 7, 1930, on Long Island. He graduated high school in 1948 and worked in the post office until 1953.…