Wayne Baier Grayye) Hintze

Wayne Hintze died suddenly and unexpectedly from an irregular heart rhythm not life sustaining caused by a heart attack on October 18, 2020 at the age of 69.  He was visiting his son in Sedona, Arizona. He was born March 14, 1951 to Lehi Ferdinand Hintze and Ione Nelson Hintze in Brigham City, Utah.

Wayne's father was a renowned Geologist who mapped the geology of the state of Utah.  Wayne found a love of nature following his dad around and picking up rocks on all terrains of Utah.  He loved rocks!  He found solace in his youth hiking Rock Canyon near his home, and often slept up on a favorite hill under the stars.  His mother loved birds, and they regularly went bird watching.  She had bird feeders around their home, and he continued to create bird sanctuaries where ever he lived.  He loved nature.  

Wayne was smart and athletic.  He ran cross country and was a champion high jumper in high school.  A skilled athlete and fierce competitor, his ability to jump above a 6'5" center and block him made it possible to assist his team to win the State Championship; this earned him the Most Valuable Player in the All-Church Basketball Tournament in 1970; it was a state-wide, televised event.

From 1970-1972 he served in Osaka, Japan as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and developed a lifelong love for the Japanese culture and people; he learned the language in both word and script.

Wayne earned his BS in Chemistry at Brigham Young University, thinking he would go on to the medical profession.  After obtaining that degree, his interest turned to Law and he was accepted into law school in Portland, Oregon where he met his future wife's family.  He found the law not to his liking and returned to Brigham Young University, married, where he earned his PhD in Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University.  He worked as a marketing research consultant for many years including Fortune 500 companies in his portfolio; he loved numbers and statistics, calling his business Numbers, Inc.

Wayne was married to Catharine DeLong from 1975 to 2002, and together they raised four children in Provo, Utah and Alpharetta, Georgia.  He loved annoying his children at the dinner table with Kanji (Japanese) flashcards.  His passionate and competitive spirit carried over to card or board games with family and friends when he would loudly encourage himself to success. He played the piano and organ beautifully and lived a life continuously filled with music.  He loved to play Chopin nocturnes on the piano and he had a beautiful tenor singing voice. He had a great penchant for sweets and was famous for his mean chocolate cake.

In 2009, he was invited to take a job with US military as a civilian expert to assist in building relationships between the United States through the U.S. Army in Iraq for two years, and then again with the Marines in Afghanistan for four years. He discovered rocks in Iraq they used as gravel on the base after drops of rain exposed their uniqueness; they stumped all of his father’s Geologist cohorts as well as one that he contacted in England.  He lovingly called them Eye Rocks and shipped many boxes home.  He returned from the Middle East deeply traumatized and could not decide if he was agnostic or atheist, watching soldiers he knew well die in front of him while leaving their young families behind.  He could not understand why they were taken instead of him.  He did not realize at the time that the war was an outside manifestation of what was going on inside of him.

He met Kristin Tuttle in 2017 who was on a journey to heal.  It turned out, he grew up with her extended family in Provo and knew them better than she did; they had much history in common.  Seeing his deep wounding on their first meeting, she offered resources for Wayne to look into, including Native American Spirituality who worship Mother Earth; something he truly resonated with.  She asked him if he was this open-hearted and vulnerable to all his dates to reel them in.  Stranger-danger melted away as she saw him interact with her extended family; their relationship developed and they married at the end of the year.  She loved his poetic nature, his word-smithy ways, and his love of learning.

Their journey took them to a course on the Essenes in Europe over a two-year period, culminating in Israel in 2019.  This course opened them up to Numerology, Astrology, the apocryphal tests, tarot, and voice healing.  In old Jerusalem, they were asked to have separate hotel rooms because they did not believe they were married as their last names were different.  Luckily, their group intervened and the hotel was mollified.  Wayne never liked his first name, so over the course of the trip, they decided to change their names completely so they matched, as many future travels were in store.  He wanted to return to Japan and walk the Saiganto-ji Pagoda pilgrimage.  He also thought New Zealand was the world’s most beautiful landscape and wanted to share the experience.  Consulting numerology experts, they decided to move forward with the names Baier and Maarah Grayye.

Baier had a special gift with is voice, and had an amazing healing experience helping another, younger ex-soldier from Copenhagen in their Essene group.  He also played the healing sounds of antique Tibetan Bowls beautifully.

He was a Pisces with a Cancer rising which is symbolized by the crab.  These are the deepest emotional signs of the zodiac.  He had difficulty seeing the hard, outer shell he developed over the years, starting in his early childhood, to protect his tender heart.  Saturn sat conjunct to his IC.  It made it hard to understand the disconnected feelings with the people he loved the most.  His moon was in the twelfth house; he felt the pain of the collective throughout his life and did not know why he felt so deeply; it wasn’t a masculine trait, and he felt he had to toughen up throughout his life.  

He was funny, generous, and fiercely loyal. Being in nature was like home to him—he spent countless days exploring the west desert of Utah, hiking local peaks, and exploring on his many international adventures, filling his backpack with rocks while he was at it. Wayne was an outspoken and polarizing figure, known by family and friends for acts of great kindness and generosity.  He was working through that shell throughout his time with Maarah, finding relief from his pain by connecting to the Divine Feminine during his many meditations.  It was during a meditation, while working through his feelings that his heart gave way and escaped to freedom.

He is survived by his wife Maarah Grayye; his children Eliza, Andrew, Ann, and John; three grandchildren; and his siblings Sharon, David, and Paul.  A private memorial will be held near his favorite childhood spot in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains.

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