Exhibit 24.2

                                   CERTIFICATE
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         I, Steven L. Frey, hereby certify that I am Secretary of Angelica
Corporation, a Missouri company, with its principal office in the County of St.
Louis, State of Missouri, and as such in charge of its corporate records,
including minutes of meetings of its shareholders and Board of Directors.

         I further certify that the Board of Directors of the Company adopted
the following resolutions under date of March 25, 2003, which resolutions have
not since been amended or rescinded and are in full force and effect at the date
hereof:

                  "FURTHER RESOLVED, That Don W. Hubble, T. M. Armstrong and
         James W. Shaffer, or any of them, are hereby authorized to do all acts
         and things and to execute any and all instruments on behalf of the
         Company, including the execution of the Company's Annual Report on Form
         10-K for the fiscal year ended January 25, 2003, or any amendment
         thereto, relating to compliance with the reporting requirements of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which said attorneys, or any of them,
         may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with
         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any rules, regulations and
         requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
         thereof;

                  FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Board of Directors does approve
         the execution by the directors and officers of the Company or any of
         them, of a Power of Attorney in favor of Don W. Hubble, T. M. Armstrong
         and James W. Shaffer, or any of them (with power of substitution in
         each), empowering such attorneys, or any of them, to do all acts and
         things and to execute any and all instruments on behalf of such
         directors and officers, including the execution of the Company's Annual
         Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 25, 2003 and all
         amendments thereto, which such attorneys, or any of them, may deem
         necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the
         reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
         respect thereof."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said corporation this 22nd day of April, 2003.

                                                     /s/ Steven L. Frey
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                                                              Secretary
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