Four persons were found shot to death in their mobile home at 724 Sampson in what police said appeared to be a triple murder and suicide.

      Found by police in the home at the corner of Nevada and Sampson were Lyle Eliason, 37, his wife, Frances Rose "Nancy", 36, and their two daughters, Christine Marie, 12, and Marcy Ann, 10.

      The girls were found in their beds in seperate rooms.   They were in their nightgowns and each had been shot once in the head.   Mrs. Eliason, also shot in the head, was in bed in the master bedroom wearing her nightgown.

      Eliason was lying on the floor at the foor of the bed, fully clothed, with a bullet hole in his forehead.   A 22 caliber pistol was found near his hand.   Police said they found four spent shells and four live rounds of ammunition in the gun.

      The killings apparently took place late Monday or early Tuesday.   Neighbors said they saw family members outside the home Sunday.   A Monday morning newspaper was inside the home, and police also found a prescription dated Monday.

      Police were called to the scene by the mother of one of the dead.

      Police said Eliason had recently left his job as a welding instructor with the Anaconda Job Corp Center.   He had secured another job in South Dakota and was supposed to leave this Sunday.

      Police Chief Larry Connors said there was no apparent motive for the slayings.

      Lyle Bruce Eliason was born Jan. 12, 1938 the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eliason.   Survivors include his parents, in Dillon, and brothers, Alan of Butte, and Ron of South Dakota.

      Frances Rose "Nancy" (Cunningham) Eliason was born July 3, 1939, in Butte, a daughter of the late Joseph Cunningham and Ethel Rose Conn.

      Mr. and Mrs. Eliason were married in Dillon.   She attended Central High School and graduated from Butte High School and St. Patrick School of Nursing in Missoula.   She was a registered nurse.

      Survivors include her mother, brother, Joe Cunningham, and a sister, Mrs. Don Vega, all of Butte.

      Christine Marie Eliason was born Feb. 2, 1963 in Dillon and was a sixth grade student at the Longfellow school.

      Marcy Ann Eliason was born Sept. 22, 1964, in Butte and was a third grade student at Emerson Annex.

      The remains of the Eliasons will be taken to St. Johns Evangelist Church Thursday where they will lie in state until services Friday at a time to be announced.

      Bible Rosary will be said Thursday at 7:30 in the church.   Friends may call at the church between 7 and 9:30.   Duggan Merrill Dolan Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.