FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549	OMB APPROVAL
X Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . .0.5 Filed By Romeo and Dye's Section 16 Filer www.section16.net

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Zazulia, Irwin	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PSS		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director                                       10% Owner     Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)
(Last)      (First)     (Middle) Payless ShoeSource, Inc. 3231 SE Sixth Avenue	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 3/11/03
(Street) Topeka, KS 66607		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. 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. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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FORM 4 (continued) 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. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/ Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Mr. Irwin Zazulia died on March 11, 2003.

By: /s/ Harold J. Herman
             Attorney-in-fact
**Signature of Reporting Person 3/18/03
Date

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See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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                       Power of Attorney



     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints William J. Rainey and Harold J. Herman II, as the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitutions, for the undersigned and

in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all Form 3,

Form 4 or Form 5 and any amendments and supplements to those forms, and to file the same

with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the New York Stock Exchange, granting

unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every

act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all

intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all

that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do

or cause to be done by virtue thereof.  This power of attorney shall remain in effect until revoked

in writing by the undersigned, and any person may rely on its being in effect until such person

actually receives such written revocation.



     Dated this 9th day of May, 2002.





                              /s/ Irwin Zazulia