GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- A 4-year-old girl who died after falling to her death at the Grand Canyon was remembered at funeral services Friday.

The family of Natalie Yeargan held memorial services at Luke Air Force Base. That's where Natalie's dad works as a fighter pilot.

The family lives off-base in Litchfield Park.

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A National Park Service spokeswoman said the victim was the youngest person ever to fall from the canyon's rim and die.

Yeargan fell near Mather Point and her father immediately scrambled down the cliffs to reach her, National Park Service spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge said.

He started CPR, and a Park Service ranger who rappelled down into the canyon also began trying to resuscitate the little girl.

A second ranger was lowered to the site by helicopter and determined Yeargan was dead, Oltrogge said.

The child's body was recovered from a spot about 400 to 500 feet below the rim, Oltrogge said.

The area where she fell is a combination of sheer drops of 30 to 50 feet, then slopes leading to more dropoffs. It is considered the most popular scenic view in the park.

Yeargan's father suffered an ankle injury while scrambling over the edge to reach her.

Oltrogge said the child's death is a reminder to everyone that extreme care needs to be taken at the canyon rim, especially with children.

"It's a tragic reminder of how a family vacation can turn tragic in an instant," Oltrogge said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family."

Fifty-three people accidentally fell to their deaths from the canyon rims between 1925 and 2005, according to Michael Ghiglieri and Thomas Myers, authors of Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon.

Some areas at the rim are not protected by railings.

The majority of the deaths in the canyon are cardiac-arrest related due to exertions from hiking, according to the park's emergency services personnel.

National Park Service rangers continue conducting an investigation.

It is the third death at the park in recent months.

In late August, a body was found 150 feet below the rim at Walhalla Overlook on the North Rim.

Rangers suspended from a 150-foot line reached the location and a helicopter was brought in to remove the body.

And on Aug. 2, a man died after falling approximately 300 feet from the west side of Bright Angel Point on the North Rim.