1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   HARRIS, SIDNEY E.
   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
   10/2002
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                                                               1687             D
Common stock $.01 par value        05/06/2002 J   V     126         A      $0.0000                     I           Dir.Def.Fee
                                                                                                                   Trust
Common stock $.01 par value        05/25/2002 J   V     870         A      $11.2420   10294            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                      8354     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
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                      1019     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $9.7856                                              03/30/2010 Common                      5646     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $10.02                                               04/26/2008 Common                      15000    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $10.2319                                             06/29/2010 Common                      10938    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $11.2222                                             02/12/2007 Common                      11250    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $13.2069                                             09/29/2009 Common                      7187     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $15.5231                                             06/29/2009 Common                      3924     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
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $18.6788                                             12/30/2008 Common                      2276     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Stock Options  $19.3588                                             06/29/2008 Common                      2781     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 stock
                                                                               $.01
                                                                               par
                                                                               value
Non-Qual.      $13.972  05/03/2002 A      V  15000       04/15/2003 04/14/2012 Common  15000    $0.0000    15000    D
Stock Option                                                                   Stock
(Right to Buy)
Non-Emplee     $9.1     09/30/2002 A     5823        09/30/2002 09/29/2012 Common  5823     $0.0000    5823     D
Dir.Dis.                                                                       Stock
Option (Right
to Buy)

Explanation of Responses:


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.

Director's fees taken in discounted options.



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman

DATE
10/02/2002