Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
OHARA STEPHEN M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ANGELICA CORP /NEW/ [AGL] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ANGELICA CORPORATION, 424 SOUTH WOODS MILL ROAD		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/04/2008
(Street)

ST. LOUIS, MO 63017-3406		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 07/31/2008   G V 10,000 D $ 0 54,940 (1) D  
Common Stock 08/04/2008   D   54,940 (3) D $ 22 0 D  
Common Stock 08/04/2008   D   10,834 (2) (3) D $ 22 0 I By 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 10.935 08/04/2008   D     1,600   (4)(8) 05/30/2010 Common 1,600 $ 0 (8) 0 D  
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 16.675 08/04/2008   D     2,000   (5)(8) 05/29/2011 Common 2,000 $ 0 (8) 0 D  
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 16.82 08/04/2008   D     2,000   (6)(8) 05/28/2012 Common 2,000 $ 0 (8) 0 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 19.66 08/04/2008   D     100,000   (7)(8) 09/15/2013 Common 100,000 $ 0 (8) 0 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 25 08/04/2008   D     50,000 07/07/2004(9) 09/15/2013 Common 50,000 $ 0 (9) 0 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 30 08/04/2008   D     50,000 01/27/2005(9) 09/15/2013 Common 50,000 $ 0 (9) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
OHARA STEPHEN M
ANGELICA CORPORATION
424 SOUTH WOODS MILL ROAD
ST. LOUIS, MO 63017-3406		       President & CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Stephen M. O'Hara   08/04/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 320 shares acquired pursuant to Angelica Corporation Dividend Reinvestment Plan since the reporting person's last ownership report.
(2) Includes 117 shares in the Angelica Stock Fund of the Company's 401(k) acquired pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report.
(3) In connection with the merger of Clothesline Acquisition Corporation with and into the Issuer, shares of the Issuer's common stock were converted into the right to receive $22.00 per share, without interest.
(4) This option provided for vesting in four equal annual installments beginning May 30, 2002.
(5) This option provided for vesting in four equal annual installments beginning May 29, 2003.
(6) This option provided for vesting in four equal annual installments beginning May 28, 2004.
(7) This option provided for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning September 15, 2004.
(8) The above options were tendered by the Reporting Person to the Issuer in connection with the Offer to Purchase for Cash All Outstanding Options to Purchase Shares of Common Stock with an Exercise Price of Less than $22.00 per Share (such Offer, an exhibit to the Schedule TO initially filed by the Issuer with the Commission on July 3, 2008), which Offer expired on August 4, 2008. All tendered options were cancelled and the Issuer paid to the Reporting Person with respect to each separate option grant a cash amount, without interest and less any applicable tax withholdings, of the "spread value" of such option grant, which is the product of (a) the excess of $22.00 over the per share exercise price of such option multiplied by (b) the aggregate number of shares of the Issuer's common stock issuable upon exercise of such option.
(9) These "out-of-the-money" options were cancelled in connection with reporting person's entry into a new employment agreement with the surviving corporation effective upon consummation of the merger.

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