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                     THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
                               TO
                     ANGELICA CORPORATION
                   RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


     WHEREAS, Angelica Corporation, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter
the "Company"), established and continues to maintain the
Angelica Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (hereinafter the
"Plan"); and

     WHEREAS, effective August 1, 1996, the Company desires to
make certain amendments to the Plan.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of
August 1, 1996, as follows:

                               I.

     Section 1.4 of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:

          "1.4.  `Base Pay' shall mean the total of all
     remuneration actually paid by the Participating
     Employer during the Plan Year determined before
     reduction under a salary deferral election entered into
     by the Participant in accordance with Section 4.3.
     Base Pay shall include salary, bonuses, commissions,
     wages and overtime payments.  Base Pay shall not
     include any remuneration paid to the Participant by the
     Company or Participating Employer after the
     Participant's termination of employment, severance pay,
     unused vacation pay, expenses paid for or reimbursed to
     a Participant, any matching contributions in cash
     and/or Company stock made by the Employing Companies on
     behalf of the Participant under an incentive, stock or
     nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained by
     the Employing Companies, and all Matching Contributions
     made under this Plan and contributions made to any
     other plan maintained by the Employing Companies or to
     which the Employing Companies are required to make
     contributions on behalf of the Participant which
     satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401, or any
     other statute of similar import.  Base Pay shall not
     exceed $150,000, or such amount as provided in Code
     Section 401(a)(17) for such Plan Year."

                             II.

     The following Section 10.5 is hereby added to the Plan which
shall read as follows:

          "Section 10.5.  A Participant may be charged a
     loan processing fee in such amount and at such time as
     determined by the Administrator."



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Thirteenth
Amendment and affixed its corporate seal hereto by its duly
authorized officer on this 30th day of     July         , 1996.
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                              ANGELICA CORPORATION


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

[SEAL]

WITNESSED BY:


/s/ Jill Witter
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Secretary



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