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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 25, 2003, 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 25th day of March, 2003.


/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