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                              AMENDMENT
                                  TO
                         ANGELICA CORPORATION
                          SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN



The Angelica Corporation Supplemental Plan (the "Plan") hereby is
amended, effective as of February 1, 1997, in the following
particulars.

1.   Section 4(a) of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

     "(a) The amount payable annually to a Participant who
          has at least 30 years of service with the Company
          when he ceases to be an Employee will be an amount
          (called the "formula amount"), established by the
          Board at the time the Participant joins the Plan
          and not subject to decrease except as set out in
          subsection (d) (though subject to increase in the
          discretion of the Board), between 30 and 50 percent
          of the Participant's final average compensation
          (the "Supplemental Annual Benefit").  The
          Supplemental Annual Benefit shall be decreased by
          the annual amount payable for the payment period
          specified in Section 6(a) or (b) (when expressed as
          a life annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of
          the amount payable) to him by the Company then or
          thereafter under any other retirement or deferred
          compensation plan or contract, including amounts
          payable under the Angelica Corporation Pension Plan
          or under the Company's predecessor Deferred Income
          Sharing Plan and, if appropriate, the related
          Consulting and Advisory Contracts, but excluding
          all amounts payable under the Angelica Corporation
          Deferred Compensation Option Plan for Selected
          Management Employees and the Angelica Corporation
          Retirement Savings Plan.  Anything contained herein
          to the contrary notwithstanding, the formula amount
          with respect to a Participant whose employment
          terminates with the Company, is reemployed with the
          Company and who again becomes a Participant in the
          Plan before any benefit to which he is entitled
          under the Plan is paid to him, shall be the formula
          amount established by the Board at the time the
          Participant subsequently becomes a Participant in
          the Plan."

2.   Section 4(c) of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

     "For purposes of this Plan, a Participant's service with
     the Company shall mean the aggregate period of the
     Participant's continuous uninterrupted employment with
     the Company and all subsidiaries (including those whose
     business activities are conducted principally outside the
     United States of America) immediately prior to the date
     the determination of his service is being made,
     disregarding all previous periods of discontinuous
     service (if any).  Periods of uninterrupted service will
     not be considered to be discontinuous if the interruption was


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     because of leave of absence granted by the Company,
     military duty or other governmental service, or temporary
     physical or mental incapacity.  Ordinarily no service
     after the Participant reaches age 65 will be taken into
     account; however, in specific cases the Board may
     authorize the crediting of up to an additional three
     years of service beyond such age.  In the case of a
     Participant who was employed by an enterprise which was
     acquired by the Company, each full year of service prior
     to the acquisition date will be considered one-half year
     of service with the Company for purposes of this Plan,
     and fractional years shall be disregarded.
     Notwithstanding the terms of this subsection (c), to
     determine the service of a Participant whose employment
     terminates with the Company, is reemployed with the
     Company and who again becomes a Participant in the Plan
     before any benefit to which he is entitled under the Plan
     is paid to him, such Participant's service shall be the
     sum of his prior aggregate period of continuous
     uninterrupted employment with the Company and all
     subsidiaries as specified above and any subsequent period
     of continuous uninterrupted employment with the Company
     and all subsidiaries as determined hereunder."

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this amendment to be
executed by its duly authorized officer this 25th day of
February, 1997.

                              ANGELICA CORPORATION


                              By /s/ L. J. Young
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                                 Chairman of the Board,
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer


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