ICloud accounts (mine and my wife) seem to have merged

I upgraded my phone, and gave my wife the hand-me-down iPhone 5S. But under my iCloud settings, the old phone 5S (and the iPhone 5 prior, even) still show up as being signed in under my iCloud.
Now it seems that the two iCloud accounts have become co-mingled, with her contacts showing up on my list, and when I delete them from my Contact list, they disappear (to her dismay) from her devices. Also, her emails show up on my iPad, if I just click "iCloud" for the account. I can wean it down to just my email if I click on my specific email address on the left sidebar. But I don't like the tally saying I have 4,683 emails, when really it is much less.
I cannot find a way to regain the separation of our two accounts, to delete the no longer used devices from my iCloud settings, or keep our mail/contacts separate.

Hi Gibbyky2,
It sounds like your Wife's phone number may be associated with your Apple ID. Please refer to the following article:
iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
How to unlink a phone number
To remove a phone number from an Apple ID, sign out of FaceTime and Messages on your iPhone. Sign out in the following locations:
- Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
- Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
This should remove your phone number from other devices using the same Apple ID with FaceTime and Messages.
If the phone number is still available on other devices after you sign out of FaceTime and iMessage on the iPhone, you may need to sign out of iMessage and FaceTime on all your devices, then sign in to FaceTime and Messages again on devices you want to use.
Note: If you no longer have access to the iPhone that is using the number you want to remove, reset your Apple ID password.
Furthermore, the following resource will provide more information about using iMessage on iOS.
iOS: Using Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
Thanks,
Matt M.

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She should create her own Apple ID and start using it for everything, including purchasing.
It starts on the computer in iTunes. There are 2 elements we are dealing with;
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Once your wife sets up her own account, she will want to connect the iPhone to the computer to back it up and transfer any new purchases, iTunes will need to be authorized for that to happen.
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When it comes to the iCloud and contacts/calendars, again your wife needs her own account. (ASAP) Does she have a computer in her life that has a list of her contacts and calendars. I hope so, because it sounds like her contacts on her iPhone are now mixed with yours. Or I hope there is still an untouched list of contacts on the iPhone that iCloud didn't mix. Either way Delete your iCloud account from her iPhone. Remove the data, as long as it isn't hers. This will delete all info being synced to the cloud. If she still has a list of her old contacts on the iPhone, great. If not, I hope she has them somewhere else, like her own computer.
Create her an iCloud account. Enter the account info where ever there is a list of contacts/calendars and get the info onto the cloud, then add the iCloud settings to any other devices.
Any new apps/music purchased with her account will back up to the cloud. I don't think apps purchased with your account will. She will also need to enter your password for updating these apps, because they were purchased with your account.
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