 His home altar was framed by a large oil painting of St. Cecilia willed by his student Francisco Roxas after his execution during the Philippine Revolution.In his golden wedding anniversary on January 17, 1924, he sponsored a composition competition which was won by a University of the Philippines professor Nicanor Abelardo.At the age of eighty, Adonay had long been suffering with arthritis which was possibly a result of adult on-set diabetes.