Help deleting everything on my old iPhone 5

I want to give my old iPhone 5 to a family member.  He threw around since I was a new iPhone 6s.  I need to erase everything on my old phone, but cannot.  He has not been connected to Verizon since I went from phones. I have always used the same email address but I must have used a different password from Apple ID on my old phone. I don't remember what it was.  I changed my password of my Apple ID for everything, but will not change the password on my old phone.  I am at a loss how to erase everything because I don't remember the old password.  It is still listed in my devices in my Apple ID / account iCloud and I can click on delete, but I don't think that would erase everything, isn't it?  Anyone know what I can do?

Thank you!

How to clear your iOS device and then set up as a new device or restore from backups - Apple Support

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