Update. Problem got worse. Fully charged in morning, not used all day and then battery was totally discharged. Tried all of the suggestions and then contacted AppleCare. Despite fact that I Pad was out of warranty it was still only a year and a half since purchase and it seemed to me that either battery had gone bad or there was a problem when we downloaded the latest IOS update. Senior Tech Rep from Apple had me connect it to my PC and ITunes. Backed everything up to cloud and then restored I-Pad to original factory settings. Left it on charge overnight and disconnected it from charger this morning. It was 100% charged. This evening I turned it on and it was still 100% charged. Called AppleCare back this evening as was the original plan and stated I-Pad was now working properly. Conclusion was there was no battery problem to begin with, but there was a problem that occurred during the update download. I recall that the update did not run smoothly as there were several broken connections and what seemed to be a very long time to download with problems staying connected to Apple's servers. Despite fact that I Pad was out of warranty, I did receive excellent service from their Tech reps. They did state that there were no known battery issues with latest update, but that it was no doubt, caused by problems attempting to download the update. So for now it's working fine, battery is holding a charge and wife now has her I Pad back so she can resume playing games on it. Thought folks who had similar problem and or offered suggestions might like to have this update. Thanks for all who responded to my original post.
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