This week, Stassi Schroeder posted a number of pictures on her Instagram Story to share the news of her stepfather’s passing.

The Vanderpump Rules alum, 35, shared pictures of herself and her two children, Hartford, age three, and Messer, age nine months, with Lance Czermak along with numerous touching remarks about her mother Dayna Schroeder’s ex-husband.

“I’ve spent the last 25 years with the best stepdad I could have asked for.” He was the one relative you really wanted to be with you at all times. Stassi added, “It really feels like the end of an era,” along with pictures of Lance and her children and an emoticon of a shattered heart.

She then shared an image of herself holding Messer with Lance standing in front of her.

“One of our last photos together. My face says it all,” she said in the caption.

In a third photo, which saw Lance on the phone as Hartford stood before him, Stassi said, “Calling Santa to scare Hartford into behaving,” with a crying emoji.

As Pump Rules fans may know, Stassi’s mom married Lance after splitting from her father, Mark Schroeder. Then, in 2018, Dayna split from Lance and went on to marry her current husband Eric Wyland, who she confirmed was battling cancer earlier this year.

“Round three of chemo…doctors are trying to shrink the three metastasis on the liver in hopes of doing a resection surgery in June. 8 week recovery, more chemo….radiation on the colorectal cancer and then another surgery,” she shared in March.  I’m so proud of Eric, he is doing everything right. He completely changed his way of eating. Cut out sugar and eating things that are so healthy for him. Drinking only water.”

Stassi Schroeder was featured in the first eight seasons of Vanderpump Rules.