Later Years
Following Frederick Hamerstrom's death in 1990, Hamerstrom visited Saudi Arabia, Africa, and South America. On an expedition in Peru, at age 86, Hamerstrom broke her hip and was evacuated by helicopter. Nonetheless she returned to the area the following year to observe hunting practices on a tributary of the Amazon.
In 1996, Frances Hamerstrom and her husband, Frederick Hamerstrom, were inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. Franes Hamerstrom died at a Port Edwards, Wisconsin, nursing home August 29, 1998.
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