Bill Diekmann, devoted brother, cousin, uncle and friend, was known as a kind and gentlemanly presence in Tomales, where his family ran Diekmann’s general store from 1948 until 2000. He passed away on April 22 after a long illness. He was 65.
His parents, the late Walter and Mildred, founded the store after moving west from Elma, Iowa, where Bill was born in 1946. Arriving in Tomales as a toddler, Bill quickly developed a love…