1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   ROONEY, PHILLIP B.
   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)
   ( ) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
   Ex. Vice President
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                                                               425024       D
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               405          I           401(k) plan
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               1350             I           by son
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               13500            I           by spouse
Common stock $.01 par value        10/15/2002 A             47          A      $9.1600    191709           I           Deferred Comp
Common stock $.01 par value                                                               34533            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  $8.75                                                08/07/2007 Common                      175000   D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $9.2593                                              02/15/2006 Common                      8100     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $10.52                                               03/15/2008 Common                      150000   D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $11.2222                                             02/12/2007 Common                      11250    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $11.5                                                12/31/2009 Common                      308980   D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $12.524                                              12/06/2008 Common                      250000   D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $13.4311                                             04/30/2007 Common                      225000   D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $13.87                                               05/03/2006 Common                      1442     D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $14.7733                                             04/30/2007 Common                      22500    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $16.1155                                             04/30/2007 Common                      22500    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $17.4622                                             04/30/2007 Common                      22500    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $18.075                                              01/28/2009 Common                      200000   D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $18.2583                                             02/15/2008 Common                      75000    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $18.8045                                             04/30/2007 Common                      22500    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       
Stock Options  $20.1467                                             04/30/2007 Common                      22500    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock                       

Explanation of Responses:


Direct holdings include 82 shares acquired through the ServiceMaster Employee
Stock Purchase Plan during September at $10.80.

Reflects the holdings of Company common stock in the ServiceMaster 401K as of
September 30, 2002.

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

Option becomes exercisable  10% per year on anniversary date of the grant for a
period of 8 years, the 9th anniversary the remaining 20% becomes exercisable..

In 1999, ServiceMaster entered into a joint venture with Kleiner, Perkins,
Caufield & Byers to develop an Internet company, We Serve Homes.com ("WSH").  A
WSH option was granted in 2000.  On January 11, 2002, the WSH option was
converted into a ServiceMaster option at a ratio of 55.48 to 1, pursuant to a
merger with a subsidiary of ServiceMaster in a transaction exempt under Rule
16b-7.

Exercise Vesting/Exercise Prices - 1st anniversary 20% exercisable at 110% FMV:
$14.7733 per share - 2nd anniversary 20% exercisable at 120% FMV:  $16.1155 per
share - 3rd anniversary - 20% exercisable at 130% FMV:  $17.462 per share - 4th
anniversary 20% exercisable at 140% FMV: $18.8045 - 5th anniversary 20%
exercisable at 150% FMV: $20.1467 per share FMV - Fair Market Value on Grant
Date



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman

DATE
10/16/2002