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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 Stephen M.
O'Hara, Steven L. Frey 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 31, 2004, 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 24th day of February, 2004.

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By:   /s/ Stephen M. O'Hara                                           By:   /s/ James W. Shaffer
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    Stephen M. O'Hara                                                     James W. Shaffer
    President and Chief Executive Officer                                 Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
    (Principal Executive Officer)                                         Financial Officer
                                                                          (Principal Financial Officer)
                                                                          (Principal Accounting Officer)




    /s/ Susan S. Elliott                           *                      /s/ Don W. Hubble                            *
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    Susan S. Elliott                                                      Don W. Hubble
    Director                                                              Director

    /s/ Charles W. Mueller                         *                      /s/ William A. Peck                          *
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    Charles W. Mueller                                                    William A. Peck
    Director                                                              Director

    /s/ Kelvin R. Westbrook                        *
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    Kelvin R. Westbrook
    Director
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