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                                                                 Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
and officers of Angelica Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Don W. Hubble, T.M. Armstrong,
and James W. Shaffer and each of them acting singly, the true and lawful
agents and attorneys, or agent and attorney, with full powers of
substitution, resubstitution and revocation, for and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned to do any and all things and to execute any
and all instruments which said agents and attorneys, or any of them, may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations
and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
thereof, in connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
for the fiscal year ended January 26, 2002, including specifically, but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, full power and authority
to sign the name of each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated
below to the said Annual Report on Form 10-K to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and to any and all amendments to said
Annual Report on Form 10-K, and each of the undersigned hereby grants to
said attorneys and agents, and to each of them singly, full power and
authority to do and perform on behalf of the undersigned every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in the premises as
fully as the undersigned could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, or the
substitutes or substitute of them or any of them, shall do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed these
presents this 26th day of March, 2002.


/s/ Don W. Hubble                           /s/ T. M. Armstrong
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(Don W. Hubble)                            (T.M. Armstrong)
Chairman, President and Chief              Senior Vice President-
Executive Officer                          Finance and Administration
(Principal Executive Officer)              Chief Financial Officer
                                           (Principal Financial Officer)


                                           /s/ James W. Shaffer
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                                           (James W. Shaffer)
                                           Vice President and Treasurer
                                           (Principal Accounting Officer)


/s/ David A. Abrahamson                    /s/ Susan S. Elliott
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(David A. Abrahamson)                      (Susan S. Elliott)
Director                                   Director

/s/ Alan C. Henderson                      /s/ Charles W. Mueller
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(Alan C. Henderson)                        (Charles W. Mueller)
Director                                   Director

/s/ Stephen M. O'Hara                      /s/ William A. Peck
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(Stephen M. O'Hara)                        (William A. Peck)
Director                                   Director

/s/ Kelvin R. Westbrook
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(Kelvin R. Westbrook)
Director