1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   BEREZNY Jr., PAUL W.
   2300 Warrenville Road
   Downers Grove, IL 60515-1700
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   ServiceMaster Company (SVM)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
   9/30/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+   Month        |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |Code   |V    |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                            
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               662984           I           Berezny
                                                                                                                       Holding
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               1260             I           by
                                                                                                                       Partnership
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               35835            I           by Spouse
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               77259            I           by Trust for
                                                                                                                       self
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               502700           I           by Trust for
                                                                                                                       wife
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               61192        I           Cust. for
                                                                                                                       children
Common stock $.01 par value        07/31/2002 J   V     18          A      $0.0000    1307             I           Dir.Def.Fee
                                                                                                                   Trust





TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |Code  |V |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Month   |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
                                                                                  
Stock Options  $8.4788                                              09/29/2010 Common                      10526    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $8.7232                                              12/30/2010 Common                      4385     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $9.0916                                              09/29/2011 Common                      7947     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $9.2593                                              02/15/2006 Common                      10125    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $9.7325                                              12/30/2009 Common                      2183     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $9.7856                                              03/30/2010 Common                      5646     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $10.02                                               04/26/2008 Common                      15000    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $10.2319                                             06/29/2010 Common                      4292     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $11.2222                                             02/12/2007 Common                      11250    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $11.81                                               12/31/2011 Common                      6611     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $13.2069                                             09/29/2009 Common                      8045     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $15.5231                                             06/29/2009 Common                      2464     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $15.7392                                             03/30/2008 Common                      3780     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $17.1913                                             03/30/2009 Common                      4203     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $18.0413                                             09/29/2008 Common                      3298     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $18.6788                                             12/30/2008 Common                      2882     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $19.3588                                             06/29/2008 Common                      1904     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Non-Qual.      $13.972  05/03/2002 A      V  15000       04/15/2003 04/14/2009 Common  15000    $0.0000    15000    D
Stock Option                                                                   Stock
(Right to Buy)
Non-Emplee     $9.1     09/30/2002 A     7919        09/30/2002 09/29/2012 Common  7919     $0.0000    7919     D
Dir.Dis.                                                                       Stock
Option (Right
to Buy)

Explanation of Responses:


Mr. Berezny disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by his children.

Deferral of Directors fees into Directors Deferred Fee Trust.

Directors Deferred Fee Trust includes shares acquired through the dividend
reinvestment feature of the plan from January through July, 2002 at prices
ranging from $10.697 to $14.037.

The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the
first anniversary of the date of the grant.

Director's fees taken in discounted options.



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman

DATE
10/02/2002