Cannot turn off Find My iPad

My iPad constantly asks for my old iCloud account password, but the account does not exist anymore. I cannot delete the old account off of my iPad because Find My iPad is on and cannot be turned off without the password. I tried erasing all content and settings but that also requires the old password.
Is there anything else I can try? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Hi Brian,
Thank you -- but I've tried this as well, directly from the iPad. Same error message about verification failing to the iCloud

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