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                                                                Exhibit 10.32


                             ANGELICA CORPORATION

                     NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

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      Angelica Corporation, a Missouri corporation (the "Company") and the
person designated in Section 1 below (the "Optionee"), hereby agree as
follows:

SECTION 1.  BASIC TERMS.

Name of Optionee:                               DON W. HUBBLE
Number of Shares Subject to Option:             100,000
Option Price/Base Price Per Share:              $21.9375
Grant Date of Option:                           JANUARY 2, 1998
Expiration Date of Option:                      JANUARY 2, 2005

Table Regarding Exercisability:

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<CAPTION>
            LOT               NUMBER               DATE OF FIRST
            NO.              OF SHARES             EXERCISABILITY
            ---              ---------             --------------
<S>                           <C>                 <C>
            1                 33,333              JANUARY 2, 1999
            2                 33,333              JANUARY 2, 2000
            3                 33,334              JANUARY 2, 2001
</TABLE>

SECTION 2.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  This Agreement consists of the provisions
set forth on this cover page and the further provisions set forth on the
following pages.  The Optionee represents that he or she has read and
understood such further provisions, which are binding on the parties as if
set forth on this cover page.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Stock Option
Agreement in duplicate as of the Grant Date.

ANGELICA CORPORATION


By /s/ Earle H. Harbison, Jr.               /s/ Don W. Hubble
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      Chairman of the Compensation              Don W. Hubble, Optionee
      and Organization Committee



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                             ANGELICA CORPORATION
                      NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

      This Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement")
dated as of the 2nd day of January 1998, represents the agreement regarding
the grant of a stock option by and between Angelica Corporation (hereinafter
"Company") and  Don W. Hubble (hereinafter "Optionee").

1.   GRANT OF OPTION.  Company hereby grants to Optionee the right,
     privilege and option to purchase the number of  shares of Common Stock
     of Company at an exercise price per share, both as reflected in the
     cover page, in the manner and subject to the conditions provided
     herein.  This option is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option
     ("ISO"), as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
     1986, as amended.

2.   TIME OF FIRST EXERCISABILITY OF OPTION.  This Option shall become
     exercisable as provided in the cover page, provided however that (a)
     if Optionee's status as an employee of Company ends before the
     Expiration Date specified in the cover page by reason of death or
     Disability, then the Option will be exercisable in full by Optionee or
     Optionee's Post-Death Representative on the date of the Optionee's
     termination of employment due to death or Disability or (b) if any of
     the events set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.2 of
     Optionee's Employment Agreement Dated December 12, 1997 (the
     "Employment Agreement") occurs, then the Option will be exercisable in
     full by Optionee as of the Entitlement Date (as defined in the
     Employment Agreement).  In each of the above-described circumstances,
     the Option shall continue to be exercisable until such Option
     terminates pursuant to the applicable provision of Section 3.b. of
     this Agreement.

3.   INCORPORATION OF STOCK PLAN. The following material terms are
     applicable to this Option:

     A.   METHOD OF EXERCISE OF OPTION.  This Option shall be exercisable in
          whole or in part to the extent then exercisable, by written notice
          delivered to the Office of General Counsel of Company stating the
          number of shares with respect to which the Option is being
          exercised, accompanied by payment (i) in cash, or (ii) in the
          discretion of the Compensation Committee, by either (1) the delivery
          to Company of shares of Common Stock then owned by Optionee having a
          fair market value equal to the aggregate exercise price of all
          shares of Common Stock subject to such exercise, or (2) the
          direction to Company to withold from the number of shares of Common
          Stock otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option that number of
          shares of Common Stock having an aggregate fair market value on the
          date of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price of all shares
          of Common Stock subject to such exercise, or (3) by any combination
          of (i) and (ii)(1) or (ii)(2) hereof.

     B.   TERMINATION OF OPTION.  This Option shall terminate in all
          events on the


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          earliest of

          (i)    January 2, 2005, or

          (ii)   the later of three months after the date on which Optionee
                 ceases to be an employee of the Company for any reason
                 other than death or Disability, or, if Optionee dies
                 within the three-month period after such termination of
                 employment, then three months after his death, or

          (iii)  twelve months after the date on which Optionee ceases to
                 be an employee of the Company due to death, or

          (iv)   the later of twelve months after the date on which
                 Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company due to
                 Disability or, if Optionee dies within the twelve-month
                 period after his termination of employment due to
                 Disability, then three months after his death.

     C.   NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION.  This Option is
          non-transferable by Optionee except by will or the laws of
          descent and distribution or to a Permissible Transferee (as
          defined below), and shall be exercisable during Optionee's
          lifetime only by Optionee or by a Permissible Transferee.  In
          the event of Optionee's death, a Permissible Transferee or the
          Post-Death Representative (as defined below), as applicable, may
          exercise this Option.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term
          "Permissible Transferee" shall mean:  (i) one or more members of
          Optionee's immediate family, (ii) one or more trusts for the
          benefit of Optionee and one or more members of Optionee's
          immediate family; or (iii) one or more partnerships (general or
          limited), corporations, limited liability companies or other
          entities in which the aggregate interests of the Optionee and
          members of the Optionee's immediate family exceeds 80% of all
          interests.  For purposes of this definition, "immediate family"
          consists of Optionee's spouse, children and grandchildren.  For
          purposes of this Agreement, the term "Post-Death Representative"
          shall mean the administrator, executor or personal
          representative of Optionee's estate or the heirs or distributees
          of optionee's assets after Optionee's death, either by will or
          the laws of decent and distribution.

     D.   ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, ETC.  In the
          event of the payment of a stock dividend, a split-up or
          consolidation of shares, or any like capital adjustment of
          Company then to the extent the Option hereunder remains
          outstanding and unexercised, there shall be a corresponding
          adjustment as to the number of shares covered under this Option,
          and in the exercise price per share, to the end that Optionee
          shall retain Optionee's proportionate interest without change in
          the total exercise price under this Option.

4.   TAXES.  The Company shall be entitled to withhold the amount of any tax
     attributable to any amounts payable or share deliverable under this
     Agreement after


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     giving the person entitled to receive such payment or delivery notice as
     far in advance as practicable, and the Company may defer making payment
     or delivery under this Agreement if any such tax is payable until
     arrangements with respect to the withholding of applicable taxes is made
     to the Company's satisfaction.  The person entitled to any such payment
     or delivery may, by notice to the Company at the time the requirement for
     such payment or delivery is first established, elect to have such
     withholding satisfied by the reduction in the number of shares otherwise
     so deliverable pursuant to this Agreement, such reduction to be
     calculated based upon the closing market price of the Company's Common
     Stock as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape on the date of such notice.

5.   TENURE.  Optionee's right, if any, to continue to serve the Company
     and its subsidiaries as an officer, employee, director or otherwise,
     shall not be enlarged or otherwise affected by his designation as an
     Optionee under this Agreement.

6.   AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION.  The terms and conditions applicable to
     this Agreement may be amended or modified only by the mutual agreement
     of the Company or such other person as may then have an interest
     therein.

7.   OPTION CONDITIONED ON ACCEPTANCE.  This Agreement shall be void
     and of no effect unless a copy hereof is executed by Optionee and
     returned to the Office of General Counsel of Company not later than 30
     days after the day this Agreement is mailed or delivered to Optionee,
     provided however that if Optionee dies within such 30-day period this
     Agreement shall be effective notwithstanding the fact that it is not
     executed by Optionee.